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RUTHLESS Commonlit Pls answer this questions
1. What event sets the main action of the story in motion ?
A. Judson forgetting his boots
B. Marcia's departure for Alec's house
C. the theft of some of Judson's liquor
D. the end of the summer vacation season
2. How does Alecâs arrival at the cabin affect the eventâs of the story?
A. It leads to Marcia leaving her husband.
B. It leads to Judson drinking poisoned whiskey.
C. It leads to the theft of some of some judsonâs liquor.
D. It leads to an argument between Judson and Marcia.
3. Which of the following actions cause Marciaâs fear?
A. âHe turned from the bathroom cabinet, entered the expensively primitive living room of his mountain camp, and crossed to a closet set in the pine wallâ (paragraph 2)
B. âHe had been packing his things away for the winter, and in a few minutes would be driving back to civilization â (paragraph 2)
C. âShe saw the bottle in her husbandâs handsâ (paragraph 7)
D. âOne by one he dropped the tablets into the bottle and held it up to watch them dissolveâ (paragraph 12)
4. How does the conversation between Judson and his wife develop the plot of the passage?
A. It causes Alec to retaliate against Judson.
B. It prompts Marcia to go to warn Alecâs wife about the poison.
C. It causes Judson to be distracted by Marciaâs obvious distress.
D. It prompts Judson to consider throwing out the poisoned whiskey.
5. Which statement expresses the main theme of the story?
A. No crime is bad enough to warrant another personâs death.
B. Itâs important to take the opinions of loved ones into consideration.
C. There will be consequences if people take justice into their own hands.
D. It is fair to make sure a personâs punishment fits the crime they committed.
6. Which detail from the text best reveals Judsonâs belief about crime and punishment?
A.âHe corked his bottled vengeance and set it back on the shelf alongside the little whiskey glass.â ( Paragraph 14)
B.âAlso, the use of rat poison is quite legal. The only way any rat can get into this closet is to break in.â ( Paragraph 17)
C.âWe wonât be here till next spring. I canât bear to think of that deathtrap waiting there all the time.â ( Paragraph 22)
D.ââand donât worry about your poor, abused little burglar. No one is going to get hurt who hasnât got it coming to him.ââ ( Paragraph 25)
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