"Lob's Girl" Review

What does the following passage from “Lob’s Girl” foreshadow?

The village was approached by a narrow, steep, twisting hill-road, and guarded by a notice that said LOW GEAR FOR 1 1/2 MILES, DANGEROUS TO CYCLISTS.

• A. Lob will travel many miles to find Sandy.

• B. An accident will happen on the hill.

• C. Lob will hike up the hill with Sandy.

What does the word melancholy mean in this passage from “Lob’s Girl”?

Then she saw the train slide away out of sight around the next headland, with a melancholy wail that sounded like Lob’s last good-bye.

• A. loud

• B. excited

• D. sad

What does decisively mean in this passage from “Lob’s Girl”?

Some people choose their dogs, and some dogs choose their people. The Pengelly family had no say in the choosing of Lob; he came to them in the second way, and very decisively.

• A. quietly

• B. in a clear, definite way

• C. with hesitation

Which of the following is NOT an example of foreshadowing?

• the girl was lying in a crumpled heap, and he guessed she had a number of bones broken and that it would be highly dangerous to move her.

• The village was approached by a narrow, steep, twisting hill-road, and guarded by a notice that said LOW GEAR FOR 1 1⁄2 MILES, DANGEROUS TO CYCLISTS.

• Some people choose their dogs, and some dogs choose their people.

The story's time and place is its ___.

• tone

• plot

• setting

What is plot?

• a guess about what will happen next in a story

• the series of events or action in a story

• the final outcome of a story

Which part of the plot is the most intense or suspenseful?

• falling action

• exposition

• climax

Plot Event: Sandy & Lob are hit by a truck on the way up the steep hill to Aunt Rebecca's.

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

Which event foreshadows that Lob will live with the Pengallys?

• Tess wishes to play with Lob everyday.

• Sandy uses string as a leas for Lob.

• Lob stays at the Fisherman's Arms.

Which words help you identify the sequence in the following passage? "One evening in October, all the summer visitors had left, and the little fishing town looked empty and secretive.

• one evening in October

• summer visitors

• had left

• looked empty