Reading the World Now 1

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Reading the World Now 1 Answer Key Chapter 1 The World of Books Unit 1 Adventures on the Mississippi Pre-Reading Questions (Sample responses) 1. Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, The Prince and the Pauper, and other novels. His short stories include “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” and “A Telephonic Conversation.” 2. I know that the characters in this novel are the same ones from Tom Sawyer. / I know that Huck travels down the Mississippi River with a slave named Jim. Vocabulary Preview (Answers will vary.) Reading Comprehension A. 1. T 2. I 3. T 4. I 5. F B. 1. D 2. A 3. B C. (Sample responses) Huckleberry Finn is Twain’s most famous book for several reasons. It is well written, with interesting characters, natural language of the time, and ideas for readers to think about. Vocabulary Review A. 1. A 2. B 3. A B 1. B 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. D Language Form and Meaning A. 1. D 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. C B. 1. escape from 2. deal with 3. throw off 4. starts out 5. torn between Discussion Topics (Sample responses) 1. Students can learn from reading Huckleberry Finn about life during the 1800s in the United States. / Students can learn from reading Huckleberry Finn about the issue of slavery and how Mark Twain thought about that issue. 2. A book that was banned is The Color Purple by Alice Walker. It was banned because some people thought parts of the book were too violent or too sexual. / A movie that was banned is The Exorcist. It was banned in some places because it was so scary. In other places it was banned for religious reasons. Chapter 1 The World of Books Unit 2 The Travels of Swift’s Satire Pre-Reading Questions (Sample responses) 1. The word “Lilliputian” means a person who is from the island of Lilliput. The people
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