The Explorer by Katherine Rundell Chapters 1-11

What is the setting of the story?

• An island in the Pacific Ocean

• The Amazon Rainforest

• London, England

• The City of Manaus Brazil

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is the initial problem the children encounter?

• they are attacked by wild animals in the jungle

• their ship sinks and they are adrift in the ocean

• the pilot dies and their plane crashes

• a stranger stalks them and they have to hide in a cave

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which character is the youngest?

• Fred

• Lila

• Con

• Max

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is the first shelter the children find?

• in an abandoned den

• in the shell of the plane

• in a dark cave

• in a lean-to they constructed

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What kind of fish were in the river?

• salmon

• tuna

• sharks

• piranha

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

What kind of animal did Lila befriend?

• a hyacinth macaw

• a tarantula

• a sloth

• a monkey

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why was Fred in Brazil?

• to learn Portuguese

• a holiday

• to recover from pnemonia

• a school trip

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Why didn't Con want to enter the den?

• She did not like dark places.

• She thought wild animals might live there.

• She thought the roof would fall in.

• Sh was afraid the owners were cannibals.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which explorer came across Machu Picchu?

• Christopher Maclaren

• Hiram Bingham

• Percy Fawcett

• Simon Murphy

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

How did the children learn they could eat insects that ate cocoa pods?

• Fred read it in his book about explorers

• Lila and Max's parents told them

• Con saw it on television

• They didn't know if they could but they were so hungry they decided to eat the insects

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1