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Twenty Questions

Twenty Questions. Subject: FICTION Part 2. Seven Questions. 1. What message about death is conveyed in “The 11:59”? A. No one can escape death. B. Only cowards try to avoid death. C. Everyone dies at the same time. D. Dying is like a story.

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Twenty Questions

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  1. Twenty Questions Subject: FICTION Part 2

  2. Seven Questions

  3. 1. What message about death is conveyed in “The 11:59”?A. No one can escape death.B. Only cowards try to avoid death.C. Everyone dies at the same time.D. Dying is like a story.

  4. 2. Which plot event best expresses the conflict in “The 11:59”?A. Porters love to hear Lester tell stories about the “death train.”B. Lester hears the whistle of the 11:59 but isn’t ready to die.C. Lester dies of a heart attack when the 11:59 arrives.D. Friends find Lester on the floor of his apartment.

  5. 3. In Patricia C. McKissack’s story “The 11:59,” who is Lester Simmons?A. a larger-than-life railroad heroB. an old friend of the narratorC. a retired Pullman car porterD. an engineer on the 11:59

  6. 4. Which of Lester’s character traits is illustrated in this passage from “The 11:59”?In his creakiest voice, Lester drove home the point. “All us porters got to board that train one day. Ain’t no way to escape the final ride on the 11:59.”A. his sense of humorB. his pessimistic personalityC. his punctualityD. his storytelling skills

  7. 5. When Lester reviews his life, what does he decide?A. that examining the past is a foolish thing to doB. that he has no regrets and that he stands by his choicesC. that he only had good times and that his memories are all goodD. that he should have married Louise Henderson and had children

  8. 6. Why does Patricia McKissack repeat the phrase Ticktock, ticktock near the end of“The 11:59”?A. to build suspense and show the passing of timeB. to introduce some humor into the storyC. to emphasize to the reader that the Death Train has passedD. to show that Lester is going insane

  9. 7. Which of the following best expresses the theme of “The 11:59”?A. You can’t escape death no matter how hard you try.B. Telling and listening to stories can save our lives.C. Train travel is a passing way of life.D. Everyone can be a hero in his or her own way.

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