The Trap Ch. 1-3

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

"He was almost eighty. The years had been catching up with him, not slowly like the ticking seconds hands of his old wind-up wristwatch, but in great leaps like spawning salmon jumping waterfalls." (The Trap, p. 15)

A simile is a comparison using like or as. Which of the following is a simile from this passage? Select all that apply.

• "...like the ticking seconds hands of his old wind-up wristwatch..."

• "like spawning salmon jumping waterfalls..."

• "The years had been catching up with him..."

• "He was almost eighty."

Read the following passage from The Trap chapter 1 and answer the questions that follow.

"He was almost eighty. The years had been catching up with him, not slowly like the ticking seconds hands of his old wind-up wristwatch, but in great leaps like spawning salmon jumping waterfalls."

What is the author suggesting when he compares the man's aging with "spawning salmon jumping waterfalls"?

• The man is aging slowly.

• The man is aging quickly.

• Salmon are good at telling time.

• The author likes to go salmon-fishing.

Read the following passage from The Trap chapter 1 and answer the questions that follow.

"He was almost eighty. The years had been catching up with him, not slowly like the ticking seconds hands of his old wind-up wristwatch, but in great leaps like spawning salmon jumping waterfalls."

"Right there" is a strategy we use to find the answer "Right there!" within the passage. For which of the following questions can we find the answer "right there"?

• How old was the man?

• What is the man's name?

• Who is the man's grandson?

• What does the man do for a living?

Read the following passage from The Trap chapter 1 and answer the questions that follow.

"He was almost eighty. The years had been catching up with him, not slowly like the ticking seconds hands of his old wind-up wristwatch, but in great leaps like spawning salmon jumping waterfalls."

According to this passage, how old was the man?

• almost eighty

• exactly eighty

• seventy-nine

• I have no clue

Which of the following is true for bookmarks? Select all that apply.

• Bookmarks are due every Friday at the beginning of class.

• Bookmarks are due every Friday at the end of class.

• Bookmarks require 20 minutes of reading every day, 5 days per week.

• Bookmarks require 10 minutes of reading every day, 5 days per week.

Which of the following is a synonym for hoisting?

• lifting

• running

• trapping

• eating

Which of the following is an antonym for hoisting?

• dropping

• lifting

• trapping

• flying

What is the name of the old man?

• Albert Least-Weasel

• Johnny Least-Weasel

• Humphrey Bogart

• Grandpa

What is the name of the young man?

• Albert Least-Weasel

• Johnny Least-Weasel

• Humphrey Bogart

• grandson

Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.

"Just before he fell asleep, fitfully, somewhere from up in the hills, below where the moon rested on the knifed edge of the dark world - clean and white, as if it were chiseled from the sky - wolves began to howl, followed by a long, hard silence." (The Trap, p. 46)

Which of the following context clues help us to guess the meaning of the word 'chiseled'?

• "knifed edge",

  "clean and white"

• "dark world"

• "fitfully"

  "up in the hills"

• "wolves began to howl"