My Daniel Chapter 12

"Like clouds rising from a riverbed, the sound of churning wagon wheels and crickets gently faded from Julia's mind..." is an example of which of the following types of figurative language?

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

Why did Stevie want to listen to Julia's ear?

• because he thought his grandmother was losing her hearing

• because Jarvis had said you could hear the prairie in her ear

• because he thought it would make a sound like a seashell

• because he was imagining her memories coming out of her ears

As Ellie was sitting next to her grandmother in the museum she thought, "This is what it is to grow old, and maybe to die," (p.114) and Pam Conrad writes that "Ellie wasn't afraid." Based on the text, what is the best reasoning for why Ellie was not afraid?

• Ellie knew she was too young to die, so she wasn't afraid of death.

• She had a feeling her grandmother still had many more years of life left in her, so she wasn't worried about her dying.

• She was too focused on her grandmother's story of the past to care about death.

• Ellie realized that her grandmother had lived a good, long life and she felt at peace with the fact that her grandmother would have to die.

Pam Conrad writes, "The air around me was heavy with dread. It grew till it was more than Daniel gone, more than a terrible ache. I felt panic in the core of my stomach, like something terrible was happening. As if someone were disturbing Daniel's grave, I thought." (p.114). This quote best illustrates which of the following literary terms?

• foreshadowing and simile

• simile and idiom

• foreshadowing and onomatopoeia

• flashback and hyperbole

In this chapter, when Julia finds Hump, he is _______________________________.

• uncovering the dinosaur bones that Daniel discovered in the creek bank.

• arguing with Amba about whether or not they should leave the property.

• packing up his things to leave the Creaths' farm.

• trying to get the camel out of the mud.

What happens to Hump in this chapter?

• He peacefully leaves the Creaths' property.

• He finds Daniel's bones and then he is killed by Amba.

• He kills Amba because she refuses to let him continue to search for the bones.

• He discovers bones in a new location on the Creaths' property.

How does Amba most likely feel in this chapter based on the evidence in the text?

• overjoyed that Hump is ultimately defeated.

• terrified of Hump and desperate for escape.

• delighted that Julia wants to help her.

• a mixture of relief and deep sadness at how things turned out.

What happened to the bones that Daniel discovered?

• they remained on the Creaths' property because Julia would not let them be taken away

• they were taken away by Howard Crow to be assembled at the Natural History Museum

• they were not actually dinosaur bones and Howard Crow left them behind

• they were stolen by Amba

Why do you think the author chooses to have Julia repeat the words "So am I" (p.118) at the end of this chapter when preparing to view Daniel's bones?

• because Julia thinks Stevie didn't hear her the first time

• because the author wants to emphasize that Julia finally feels ready to see the bones after all this time

• because the author wants to show that Julia is forgetful and repeats herself

• because Ellie and Stevie both say they are ready and Julia is responding to both of them

Which of the following is the best possible reason that Amba has waited until this particular time to kill Hinton?

• she had never thought about killing him before

• she knew that she could blame it on Mr. Creath after the confrontation that happened between Hump and Mr. Creath

• she was waiting for the perfect opportunity and in this moment Hump was thrilled by his discovery and she was able to rob him of any glory in the situation--it was the perfect moment for revenge

• she was waiting until she knew that no one would be able to find the body so that she could escape without being punished