Burning Daylight

The plot is written using chronological order, with brief flashbacks that provide background. Why did the author MOST likely choose this structure for this adventure story?

• In this way, readers can see the main characters age naturally.

• Readers can follow events and the character's growth as they occur.

• Using this structure, the seasons of the setting progress in a logical order.

• The author was not familiar with other organization patterns which were developed later.

In the second paragraph, what does loath mean?

• reluctant

• eager

• restless

• afraid

Which of the following lines from the passage uses understatement to show that the characters are used to harsh conditions?

• "With the hard trail, and in the absence of fresh snow, Daylight planned to make the camp of Forty Mile on the fourth night."

• "The weather was warm, as well, barely twenty below zero, and the two men, with raised ear-flaps and dangling mittens, sweated as they toiled."

• "They failed to make Forty Mile that night, and when they passed that camp next day Daylight paused only long enough to get the mail and additional grub."

• "As it was, he tried on his snowshoes, left the dogs curled in the snow and Kama breathing heavily under his rabbit skins, and climbed up to the big flat above the high earth- bank."