The Snapping Turtle

The narrator's grandmother always warns the narrator about the danger of

• other boys
• the state road
• snapping turtles
• fishing in The Rez

You can see the influence of the author's Native American background when the narrator

• sits by himself on the school bus
• promises to stay of the state road
• uses a Swiss Army knife to clean fish
• tries to make friends with the crows and jays

In contrast to the other boys' plan to get the  snapping turtle by spearing it, what does the narrator plan to do with the turtle?

• hit it with a small log
• trap it in his fishing creel
• catch it with his bare hands
• lure it ashore with trout entrails

What does the narrator's grandfather do to help the narrator understand what he should do with the snapping turtle?

• gets a big washtub
• shrugs his shoulders
• asks the boy questions
• drives the boy to the reservoir

The narrator finally realizes that the snapping turtle was heading toward the sandbank to

• lay its eggs
• attack ducks
• scare swimmers
• migrate to a new place

To traipse means to

• capture in a cage
• crush or damage
•  run away from
• walk around

What does craftiness mean?

• bravery
• trickery
• quickness
• meanness

a migration is

• a sneaky plan to catch a wild animal
• a collection of animals
• the act of changing location seasonally
• the feeling that people get while in nature

What does basking mean?

• fishing for dinner
• hiding in the weeds
• floating quietly in water
• warming oneself in sunlight

Someone who is undaunted is

• courageous
• confused
• famous
• guilty