Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
|
|
|
1.
|
In paragraph 1, the boy is fidgety while waiting in
the truck because
a. | he is angry. | b. | he is excited. | c. | his father is
ill. | d. | his father is
unprepared. |
|
|
|
2.
|
In paragraph 2, the line “…rock ridge
colours, cattail ponds and open grassy slopes” contains examples of
a. | rhyme. | b. | assonance. | c. | dissonance. | d. | onomatopoeia. |
|
|
|
3.
|
According to paragraph 4, Mt. Tatlow was important
to the Tsilhqot’in people because it was
a. | blunt. | b. | scarred. | c. | glacial. | d. | sacred. |
|
|
|
4.
|
In paragraph 5, the phrase “into the bite of
an icy wind” is an example of
a. | allusion. | b. | symbolism. | c. | synecdoche. | d. | personification. |
|
|
|
5.
|
According to paragraph 9, the attitude that the boy
displays towards his gun on this, his first
hunting trip, is one of
a. | fear. | b. | disgust. | c. | respect. | d. | affection. |
|
|
|
6.
|
In paragraph 14, after four unsuccessful days of
hunting, the hunters realize that the snow will
a. | end the hunt. | b. | help the hunt. | c. | hide the deer and
other game. | d. | cover the
tracks. |
|
|
|
7.
|
The phrase “unfolding solitude”
(paragraph 19) suggests the boy’s
a. | feeling of anger. | b. | need to be warm. | c. | fear of being
shot. | d. | sense of
separation. |
|
|
|
8.
|
In paragraph 21, the hunters’ progress is
slowed by
a. | icy branches. | b. | rocky terrain. | c. | rushing
water. | d. | heavy clothing. |
|
|
|
9.
|
The character of the boy is
a. | flat. | b. | stock. | c. | static. | d. | dynamic. |
|