CRABBE Quiz Digression- Journal # 7

The word digression means

• A detour from the main subject

• Inability to move forward

• An upset stomach

• Moving forward at a great speed

In high school, Crabbe learned that

•  it doesn’t pay to be honest

•  they ask you questions but don’t listen to you

• they wanted you to guess what they wanted you to answer

• all of the above

Crabbe stopped trying to be an eager student in high school because

•  his History teacher humiliated him in front of his classmates

• he knew Italian better than other students in his class

• his French teacher stopped calling on him because he knew

  all the answers already

• he got distracted by watching movies in class

Mr. Peters was the teacher who made Crabbe “wake up” because

• he did things differently than other teachers

• he expected Crabbe and the other students to think and participate

• he was trying to make the students think creatively

• He didn't let Crabbe get away with sleeping in class

Crabbe’s father thought Mr. Peters was dangerous because

• He was undermining the school and what it stood for

• He thought Peters dressed to “hoity toity” for the school

• He was just like the other “deadwood” at the school

• He felt all English teachers were dangerous

Crabbe had a great difficulty with the canoe because

• it was too heavy and he was too short

•  it was made of metal and was making loud clanging sounds

• it was 16ft long, made of fiberglass and he was not strong

•  It didn’t fit through the garage door

 Crabbe’s plan almost failed because

• the Old Polish cook saw him leaving

•  his parents came home early

•  he fell down and injured himself

•  he couldn’t get the canoe on top of the stationwagon

 After driving for a while, Crabbe  exits the main highway and then abandons the car by

• leaving it on the side of the road in order to hike to the lake

• leaving it on the logging road for easy access if he should return

•  stashing it in a big stand of evergreens, to hide it from anyone who may be looking for him

• The town of Noelville

Crabbe fell asleep in the afternoon sun, when he awoke it was an hour before dawn but something was different

• He was disorientated

• He was “chilled” to the bone

• his stomach ached from the anxiety he was feeling

• The churning in his stomach was gone

Crabbe had some trouble balancing the canoe on the water. He solved the problem by

•  putting two heavy backpacks by the narrower of the two seats

•  putting the haversack with his clothes in front of that seat

• putting the third sack in the centre of the boat

• all of the above