A Ladder to the Sky Quiz

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1.

What evidence is there that Dash is still in love with Maurice? (from Part 2: The Tribesman)

He sits extremely close to him while they chat.

Dash hangs himself shortly after he has seen Maurice again.

He asks Edith if they are married.

He happily reminds Maurice of all the good times they had.

2.

Why does Maurice not like Garrett? (from Part 2: The Tribesman)

He is afraid that Garrett might be a better writer.

Garrett does not reverence Maurice but challenges him.

He has been mad at him ever since he interrupted dinner the night they met.

He does not like that Garrett thinks he is the best writer in the class.

3.

Why is Henrietta so upset with Maurice for rejecting her second story, if he published the first story that got her a book deal? (from Interlude: The Threatened Animal)

She needs the piece to be in Stori in order to publicize her novel.

She feels the second story is even better than the first and thinks Maurice is losing his touch.

Now that she is a published author, she expects Maurice to be delighted with all her work.

Henrietta is worried that Maurice hates her and feels she needs his approval to survive in publishing.

4.

Maurice's description of Theo "tapping the the tip of his index finger against his thumb rapidly, like a woodpecker attacking an oak tree" (296) is an example of which literary device? (from Part 3: Other People's Stories)

Personification.

A metaphor.

A simile.

An allusion.

5.

Whose stories does Maurice tell? (from Part 3: Other People's Stories)

He really only tells his own story.

He tells the story of every truly ambitious person in the literary world.

He tells not only his story, but those of Erich, Edith, Dash and Daniel.

He tells the stories belonging to Erich, Edith, Dash and Daniel.

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