Gluskabe and Old Man Winter

Read this line from the play.

GLUSKABE: Don’t worry, Grandmother. Winter cannot beat me.

What is the most likely purpose of this line?

• To create suspense about what Old Man Winter will do next

• To foreshadow an event that will change Gluskabe’s perspective

• To resolve Gluskabe’s problem

• To set a tone of enchantment

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What is the best summary of the play?

• Gluskabe is asked to save the Human Beings from Old Man Winter. Old Man Winter refuses to leave, so Gluskabe goes to Summer Land to steal a summerstick.

• The Human Beings send a representative to get Gluskabe to stop Old Man Winter from prolonging winter. After Old Man Winter refuses to leave, Gluskabe steals a summerstick from the Summer Land People and speaks to Old Man Winter again. Old Man Winter leaves, but comes back every year.

• Grandmother Woodchuck advises Gluskabe to save the Human Beings by bringing summer back. Gluskabe dresses up as one of the Summer Land people, infiltrates their camp, and steals their summerstick. The Summer Land people were easily tricked.

• Gluskabe believes he cannot be defeated and challenges Old Man Winter to leave. Gluskabe gets frozen over. He seeks advice from his grandmother and goes to Summer Land to save the people.

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The dialogue between Gluskabe and Grandmother Woodchuck in Scene II is important because it -

• shows that Gluskabe is extremely ignorant

• explains how Gluskabe is brave

• establishes the danger that could be found in Summer Land

• illustrates why Grandmother Woodchuck is wise

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Which words from Scene 4 help the reader know what crouching means?

• getting smaller

• stands up

• walks away

• wigwam collapse

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Why are the stage directions at the end of Scene 3 important?

• They tell the reader that the Summer Land People are greedy.

• They allow the reader to appreciate Gluskabe’s plan.

• They help the reader visualize the interactions between Gluskabe and the characters of Summer Land.

• They let the reader recognize the crows’ ignorance.

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The language used in the stage directions of Scene 1 help the reader infer that –

• Gluskabe and Grandmother Woodchuck are freezing.

• Grandmother Woodchuck is wise.

• Grandmother Woodchuck’s wigwam isn’t insulated.

• Gluskabe and Grandmother Woodchuck are argumentative.

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Which is the best description of Gluskabe?

• Proud and sneaky

• Brave and loyal

• Brave and clever

• Dishonest and cruel

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Which sentence expresses the turning point in the play?

• People carrying the cutouts of the Sun, Flowers, and Plants come out and surround GLUSKABE as he sits there, smiling.

• GLUSKABE: I am not a stranger. I am one of you. See, I have one eye.

• OLD MAN WINTER: No one can defeat me!

• When Gluskabe is close enough, he reaches in, grabs one of the summersticks, and breaks away, running back and forth.

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Which of the following might be contained in stage directions?

• Lines spoken by a narrator

• A speech by the main character

• Descriptions that tell what the stage look like

• A summary of the play

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Why do the crows swoop on Gluskabe?

• They want to pull off his head.

• They want to peck at his eyes.

• They want the winter to end.

• They want to play and dance with him.

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