The Cremation of Sam McGee Day 3

The Cremation of Sam McGee Day 3

Selection Quiz

Multiple Choice

What’s the Alice May

• Ship

• car

• sled

• Airplane

Multiple Choice

What was Sam McGee doing in the Yukon?

• He was there to visit a friend

• He like the arctic

• Looking for gold

• Writing about the people that was looking for gold

Multiple Choice

Where was Sam McGee’s hometown?

• Tennessee

• Yukon

• Florida

• Texas

Multiple Choice

Heed

• Great strength

• A coat worn in snow

• To listen and take seriously

• To burn a corpse until reduced to ashes

Multiple Choice

Mushing

• To work hard, especially during times of great difficulty

• To burn a corpse until reduced to ashes

• A coat worn in snow

• To travel across snow by dog sled

Multiple Choice

Loathed

• Strongly dislike

• A coat worn in snow

• To travel across snow by dog sled

• To work hard, especially during times of great difficulty

Multiple Choice

Cremate

• To listen and take seriously

• Strongly dislike

• To work hard, especially during times of great difficulty

• To burn a corpse until reduced to ashes

Multiple Choice

What did Sam McGee go and try to get

• Gold

• Food

• Dogs

• Ghfj

Multiple Choice

And the dogs were fed, and the stars o'erhead were dancing heel and toe is:

• personification

• simile

• idiom

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Though he'd often say in his homely way that "he'd sooner live in hell." is:

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

He was always cold, but the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell is:

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

The Northern Lights have seen queer sights is:

• personification

• idiom

• cliche

• simile

Multiple Choice

That would make your blood run cold is:

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Multiple Choice

The Arctic trails have their secret tales is:

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

And we started on at the streak of dawn; but God! he looked ghastly pale.

He looked ____________.

• frightful and deathly

• smart and beautiful

• sneaky

• happy and smiling

Multiple Choice

A pal's last need is a think to heed, so I swore I would not fail;

Heed means to _________.

• pay attention to

• ignore

• change

• floss

Multiple Choice

A warm jacket with a hood.

• parka

• porto

• piece

• parkour

Multiple Choice

Sam McGee wants Cap to cremate his body when he dies. What does he mean?

• He wants Cap to bury him somewhere nice.

• He wants Cap to send his body back to Tennessee.

• He wants Cap to burn his body to ashes.

• He wants Cap to arrange a funeral service for him.

Multiple Choice

"There are strange things done in the midnight sun By the men who moil for gold;"

What is the meaning of the word, moil?

• to eat

• to sleep

• to work hard

• to freeze

Multiple Choice

What is a simile?

• a comparison of two things using like or as

• an exaggeration

• a comparison of two unlike things that have something in common

• words with similar meanings

Multiple Choice

What is a stanza in poetry?

• a group of lines

• 5 lines

• a type of rhyming pattern

• the rhythm of the poem

Multiple Choice

Which of the following reveals why Sam McGee was in Alaska?

• "God only knows."

• "the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell"

• "the stars o'erhead were dancing heel and toe"

• "you'll cremate my last remains"

Multiple Choice

Which device is used in "where the cotton blooms and blows"?

• personification

• allusion

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

What's a benefit of the first person point of view?

• It adds humor because you know exactly how the speaker feels about his dead friend.

• You understand how Sam McGee felt about Cap.

• It allows you to focus only on the speaker's actions and dialogue.

• The reader can know what both characters are thinking about the journey.

Multiple Choice

What type of poem is this?

• haiku

• sonnet

• free verse

• narrative

Multiple Choice

Which point of view is this written in?

• first person

• second person

• third person objective

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

Multiple Choice

Why is it important for Sam McGee to be cremated?

• Sam McGee was a criminal in Tennessee & he wanted to leave no evidence.

• Sam McGee wants to go to heaven.

• Sam McGee suffers from the cold & wanted to die in warmth.

• Sam McGee hopes his cremation will keep others warm.

Multiple Choice

Who is the narrator of this poem?

• Sam McGee

• Cap

• Robert Service

• The narrator is unknown

Multiple Choice

What month did Sam die?

• November

• January

• December

• August

Multiple Choice

Where did Sam McGee die?

• Yukon

• Mount Everest

• Appalachian mtn.

• Tennessee

Multiple Choice

Where is Sam McGee from?

• Alaska

• Massachusetts

• Tennessee

• New York