Analyzing Word Choice and Author’s Purpose in Short Stories

Question 1

Based on the passage you read, what was Sarah Bassett accused of?

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cursing Mary Walcott

Question 2

What symbols or actions does the artist portray in the image on the right that indicate the woman on trial is really a witch? Check all of the boxes that apply.

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A man has fainted in her presence.; Lightning has struck through the window to reach her.; She has removed her handcuffs on her own.

Question 3

What discovery led J.J. Thomson to decide that atoms were not indivisible, but are actually composed of smaller parts?

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Thomson used a beam of negatively charged particles.

Question 4

Olaudah Equiano was one of many enslaved people forced to make the Middle Passage.Which of the following can you most logically infer from his experience?

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They were treated like animals on ship and off.

Question 5

Rutherford’s theory was identified by

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using a beam of particles and detecting the scattering of the particles after they hit gold foil.

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