The Mountain

What is “the mountain” in the story?

• a table

• a real mountain

• a wedding cake

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

Where does the story take place?

• on a mountain

• at a wedding

• on Mount Olympus

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The “mountain” in the story is not a normal mountain. What evidence from the story supports this conclusion?

• The “mountain” has four peaks.

• The “snow” tastes sweet like sugar.

• There are strong gusts of wind.

Read the following sentences:“Manny closes his eyes and falls off the mountain. He fears this could be the end.“When he lands, it is warm and soft. He feels himself lifted through the air. It is as if fate has saved him. The next words he hears are:“‘Whoops, that was a close call. We almost lost our groom!’”What inference can be made about what happens in these sentences?

• Manny falls off the cake and is caught by a human.

• Manny falls off the mountain and has a hallucination.

• Manny falls off the mountain and lands in the snow.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is this story mostly about?

• two wedding cake toppers in love

• the wedding of two gods

• a dangerous, snowy mountain

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Read the following sentences:“He remembers that she is waiting for him, but he doesn’t remember anything else. Manny guesses he must have had an accident.“Maybe I hit my head and now I have amnesia! he thinks.”What does “amnesia” mean as used in this sentence?

• blood loss

• an accident

• memory loss

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.At the beginning of the story, the setting appears to be on a mountain, _______ by the end of the story, this is not the case.

• so

• but

• also

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3