Pax Ch. 26-30

"The soldier gazed at his photo another minute before slipping it into his wallet. When he looked back at Peter, he seemed older again. “We’re holding them. But they’re coming. You go in, you’ve got to be back out by tomorrow.”

What character trait can we give the soldier that Peter met in town?

• clueless

• mean

• sad

• empathatic

What was the soldier's dog's name?

• Henry

• Harold

• House

• Harvey

"He didn’t have the luxury of venting, anyway. He had a crutch to repair and not much light left."

What does the word venting mean?

• to walk

• to express

• to cry

• To speak

"The cut beaded up. As the dark blood began to drip, he drew it into the shape of a leaping fox. With his fingernail, he pricked out a pointed nose, then two ears. A wild smear of his thumb for the brush. Pax. Tomorrow. A red-fox blood vow."

What does the word vow mean?

• discovery

• pet

• promise

• painting

"Runt was outside. And he was playing. Pax dropped the muskrat. He called to Bristle. And Runt turned his head. Pax called again, testing."

What break through do we discover about Runt?

• He can walk again

• He is happy.

• He had an appetite.

• He could hear again.

"Pax smelled it, too. The same threatening scent that had made him anxious for two days. But this was no longer a faint thread in the air. This odor was strong and growing stronger."

What did Pax smell?

• Peter

• The soliders

• Coyote

• Eggs

Why was Bristle trying to get the coyote to be positioned in a certain area?

• So she would attack him in the right time.

• So Pax could step in and attack it.

• So he would fall off of the gorge,

• To lure it away from Runt.

What does the idiom "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree" mean?

• apples roll away from treea

• children usually have similar traits as their parents

• children usually do not have similar traits as their parents

• apples are good for you

"Out of water, the soaked cast felt like it weighed a hundred pounds, the muddy plaster already crumbling."

This is an example of what figurative language?

• simile

• metaphor

• personi

• idiom

What was the "emphasis" in Ch. 27?

• Pax did not sleep.

• Bristle was awake.

• Pax's boy was near.

• Pax could not pick up Peter's scent.