Ten Miles One Way, Chapter 8, part 2

The Miles One Way, Chapter 8, part 2

by Joan Crist

Multiple Choice

The mythical creature that Nest sees as a metaphor for her mental illness:

• Pegasus

• Kraken

• Cyclops

• Chimaera

Multiple Select

What has just happened in the story? Two answers:

• Nest nearly got hit by a car.

• Q stopped walking with her and went home.

• Nest felt overcome by a mental breakdown.

• Nest and Q rescued a starving stray dog.

Multiple Choice

The Italics mean that who is talking in the story?

• Nest

• Q

Multiple Choice

Which of the following does Q NOT feel toward Nest now?

• Calm

• Worried

• Sad.

• Afraid.

Fill in the Blanks

Nest says that the Chimaera breathes out

to purge (purify) the world around her.

Multiple Choice

After coming back from her mental breakdown to ordinary consciousness, Nest worries that...

• ...she has hurt something or someone during her breakdown.

• ...she has been hurt by someone else.

• ...the dog will die.

Fill in the Blanks

Nest feels as though a part of her

every time she has a breakdown.

Multiple Choice

Q now gives us a foreshadowing of the future by suggesting that Nest's breakdowns could happen while she is...

• driving

• sleeping

• taking a test in school

• visiting with him

Multiple Choice

What is a theme that could come from this part of the story?

• Loving a person means accepting the dark side of his or her personality.

• Don't be friends with people who have negative personalities.

Multiple Choice

Nest compared her father's mental breakdowns to this mythical creature, called the...

• Gorgon

• Minotaur

• Centaur

• Siren

Multiple Choice

Just as Nest's mother had to help her father through breakdowns, so Nest worries that _____ will have to help her and eventually lose her.

• Q

• her father

• her teachers

• strangers

Multiple Choice

The mood of the story is shifting...

• from dark and sad to more hopeful.

• from humorous to more serious.

Fill in the Blanks

Nest tells a story about a man who walked for

days to win a bet. (Use numbers in your answer)

Multiple Choice

Dave Kunst walked...

• sort of around the world

• from Belgrade to Kamchatka

• across Minnesota

• over six continents

Fill in the Blanks

Dave's accomplishment was amazing, but he did not start his walk

.

Multiple Choice

How many mules did Dave go through on his world-wide walk?

• 1

• 2

• 3

Multiple Choice

If Dave Kunst is like Nest because of walking so much, then which character is like Q because of coming to help and falling in love?

• The brother John

• The brother Pete

• Jenni

• the third mule

Multiple Choice

Now Nest is keeping her mind busy with...

• mental math.

• trendy shoes

• messages from friends

Multiple Choice

Nest figures out that a million steps is about 600 miles, and she knows that this is about the distance from Tel Aviv, Israel to...

• Paris, France

• Boston, Massachusetts

• Seoul, South Korea

• Baghdad, Iraq

Multiple Choice

Nest reflects on her stories by daydreaming about...

• walking a long distance as an avatar in Skyrim.

• vacationing in Cancun.

• walking to South America herself.

• getting a Labrador dog as a pet.

Fill in the Blanks

Nest reflects: "Think of all the adventures thought to be impossible made

.