Through the Tunnel Review Game

Based on the excerpt that follows, what might the bay symbolize? “He ran straight into the water and began swimming. He was a good swimmer. He went out fast over the gleaming sand, over a middle region where rocks lay like discolored monsters under the surface, and then he was in the real sea—a warm sea where irregular cold currents from the deep water shocked his limbs.”

• Experience

• Childhood

• Frustration

• Danger

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Which best helps you understand the character of the mother?

• “And yet, as he ran, he looked back over his shoulder at the wild bay; and all morning, as he played on the safe beach, he was thinking of it.” . . .”“ . . . Yet, walking down the path with her, he blurted out, “I’d like to go and have a look at those rocks down there.”

• “She was thinking, Of course he’s old enough to be safe without me. Have I been keeping him too close? He mustn’t feel he ought to be with me. I must be careful. He was an only child, eleven years old. She was a widow. She was determined to be neither possessive nor lacking in devotion. She went worrying off to her beach.”

• “They looked down gravely, frowning. He knew the frown. At moments of failure, when he clowned to claim his mother’s attention, it was with just this grave, embarrassed inspection that she rewarded him. Through his hot shame, feeling the pleading grin on his face like a scar that he could never remove, he looked up at the group of big brown boys on the rock and shouted, “Bonjour! Merci! Au revoir! Monsieur, monsieur!”while he hooked his fingers round his ears and waggled them.”

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CCSS.W.7.9A

What does Promontories mean?

"As he went lower, he saw that it spread among small promontories and inlets of rough, sharp rock..."

• High places extending out over a body of water

• Feeling of remorse fro having done something wrong

• Spurt; splash; glob

• The act of asking humbly and earnestly

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What does Contrition mean?

"Contrition sent him running after her. And yet, as he ran, he looked back over his should at the wild bay..."

• Feeling of remorse from having done something wrong

• High places extending out over a body of water

• Leaflike shoot of seaweed

• The act of asking humbly and earnestly

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Who is the author of "Through the Tunnel?"

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Pearl S. Buck

• Doris Lessing

• Jack Finney

What inspires Jerry to go swimming through the tunnel?

• He saw other boys doing it.

• His mom said he couldn't.

• He wanted to show off his swimming skills to a girl he met.

• He was bored.

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CCSS.W.7.9A

What does Jerry ask his mom to buy for him?

• Giant inflatable rubber duck

• Scuba suit

• Another swim suit

• Goggles

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How long did it take the boys to swim through the tunnel?

• 160 seconds

• 50 seconds

• 100 seconds

• 60 seconds

How old is the main character?

• 15

• 9

• 11

• 13

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On the first day of their vacation, the main character goes ____.

• with his mother to the "safe" beach.

• by himself to the "wild" side of the bay.

• with the older boys and dives off of the rocks.

• to the store with his mother.

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