Banner in the Sky Chapters 4 - 5

Why is the old and tattered, moth-eaten red shirt important to Rudi?

• It wasn't a shirt. It was a red flag that was important to Rudi.

• It was given to him by Old Teo.

• It was an expensive one that Captain Winter bought him.

• It belonged to his father.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What prompted Rudi to take out his treasured flannel red shirt from its chest? (Best answer.)

• Frau Matt had asked him to take it out.

• He had dreamed THE DREAM and the red shirt was an important symbol in it.

• He wanted to assess moth damage.

• He wanted to show it to Captain Winter.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What did Rudi receive for the first time in all of his life? What did we learn about Teo in this episode with Rudi?

• Rudi received a scholarship for business school in Zurich. Teo had helped Rudi apply for the scholarship.

• Rudi received new boots. Teo had been saving to buy them for Rudi.

• Rudi received a message, a note, from Captain Winter. Rudi read it to Teo because Teo cannot read.

• Rudi received his father's red flannel shirt. Teo had been saving it for him all these years.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

What did John Winter buy for Rudi in gratitude for saving his life and in preparation for their climb? Check all that apply

• ice-ax

• knapsack

• rope

• boots

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

Why was Rudi surprised (but relieved) at his mother's reaction when he departed for climbing the Wunderhorn.

• She simply looked at him for a moment and quickly went back into the house.

• She cried and clung to him.

• She was at the hotel when he left so she could avoid seeing him off.

• She kissed him and told him to have a good time.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

Why did Rudi's mom not become emotional at Rudi's departure for the Wunderhorn climb?

• She DID become emotional at his departure.

• The Wunderhorn is not a dangerous climb and she wasn't worried.

• She knew that Rudi was in good hands with her brother.

• She had cried and clung to her husband 15 summers before and could never do that again as long as she lived.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Rudi's loud-mouthed nemesis (enemy) tried to pretend that he didn't see Rudi leave to climb with Captain Winters. Who was this bully who loved to call Rudi Angel Face and Plate-scraper?

• Klauss Wesselhoft

• Andreas Krickel

• Herr Hempel

• Franz Lerner

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Why is "Trial" an appropriate title for this chapter?

• Rudi risked his relationship with his mom by going on this climb.

• Rudi struggled on the first leg of the climb--heavy pack, sweatiness, stumbling along the path.

• Rudi lost his job at the hotel for ditching out of the kitchen and then going on this additional climb.

• Rudi became involved in a fight with some of the other mountain boys.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

"The cold cut at them like a blade." What figure of speech is this an example of?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• allusion

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

"Up they went then. And up. They followed the ridge for a while, worked out onto a face, returned to the ridge...The going was steep now. But Rudi felt no dizziness." What point-of-view is Banner in the Sky told?

• 1st person

• 3rd person

• 3rd person camera view/objective

• 3rd person omniscient

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9