The Ravine/Embarrassed, Blame Your Brain

What motivates Vinny to climb up to the highest ledge?

• He wants to jump off of it

• He doesn’t want his friends to know he is afraid

• He likes to climb to high places

• He wants to see what the pond looks like from there

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How does Vinny feel at the end of the story?

• Angry

• Sad

• Peaceful

• Ashamed

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How does Vinny feel about going to the ravine/pond?

• excited and adventurous
• tired and bored
• nervous and anxious
• calm and peaceful

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What is most important about the setting of the story, Ravine?

• It is muddy and slippery.
• It is a jungle ravine in Hawaii.
• It is a place where a boy died.
• It is a deep jungle pond.

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What is the theme of the story

• To be yourself and to not give into peer pressure.

• never give up

• good versus evil

• everyone dies in the end

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Who doesn't want Vinny to go to the ravine?

• Vinny's mom

• Vinny's dad

• Joe Boy

• Starlene

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What detail from the story helps create a mood of danger and death?

• The Ravine was dark and scary

• Joe-boy and Starlene are dating

• a boy died in the ravine 2 weeks before

• the legend of the stone goddess

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How does Vinny change by the end of the story?

• He becomes brave enough to jump.
• He does whatever his friends say.
• He learned to climb a cliff.
• He learned it is ok to say no to his friends. 

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How does Joe Boy treat Vinny?

• Like he is his best friend.

• Joe Boy didn't talk to Vinny

• Joe Boy teases Vinny

• Joe Boy was very supportive of Vinny

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Why is Vinny afraid of his mother's reaction when she finds out he went to the ravine?

• a)Because he did not do his chores first.
• b)Because she said not to go there.
• c)Because she does not know how to swim.
• d)Because she disliked Butchie

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