On A Mountain Trail Comp Check

How does the narrator describe the setting approaching Gulch City?

• a forested mountain pass

• a snowy trail in the wilderness

• a zig-zagging trail through the foothills

• a frosted path through flat bushy land

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does the narrator encounter on the trail?

• a ferocious, loud pack of wolves that block his path

• a silent pack of wolves that the narrator cannot see

• a herd of wild horses that spook their horses

• a large, silent pack of wolves that appear and disappear around the riders

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

How do the wolves respond to the narrator shooting at them?

• They grow angrier and fiercer in their pursuit.

• They get momentarily distracted but continue their pursuit.

• They are frightened of the shot and disappear for a long while.

• They eat the dead wolves and, satisfied, leave the horses alone.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

As the narrator gets closer to town…

• the wolves get scared of his shooting and drift away.

• the wolves overtake the sleigh and stop it in its tracks.

• the wolves become more aggressive and bite one of the horses.

• the wolves kill the narrator and the horses.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What strategy does the narrator employ to ward off the pack of wolves?

• He throws all the remaining food from the sleigh at the wolves.

• He climbs up on the sleigh to scare the wolves.

• He uses his revolver to scare all the wolves.

• He sets off dynamite to try to kill the wolves.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Jack and Gates escape the wolves thanks to…

• random luck and chance.

• the wolves’ own cannibalism.

• physically superior strength.

• creative use of technology.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1