Using the dialogue between Jerry and his mother as well as the narrator’s details, what can the reader infer about the relationship between Jerry and his mother in "Through the Tunnel"?

The mother doesn’t want to be too overprotective, but she worries about her son. Jerry doesn’t want to abandon his mother, but he desires independence.

The mother tries to control Jerry but ends up letting him do what he wants. Jerry does not seem to take his mother’s feelings into account when making decisions.

The mother gives in to Jerry’s desires and decisions and is a pushover. Jerry wants his mother to recognize that he is growing up and that he needs his space.

The mother is uninterested in Jerry’s life. Jerry resents his mother for her aloofness and rebels to get her attention.

The setting for “Through the Tunnel” is

at a beach resort in South Africa

in the Pacific Ocean in Australia

Which of the following details is the best context clue to determine the specific location of the setting in "Through the Tunnel"?

“They were off that coast; all of them were burned smooth dark brown and speaking a language he did not understand.”

“…and then he was in the real sea, a warm sea where irregular cold currents from the deep water shocked his limbs.”

“Through his hot shame, feeling the pleading grin on his face like a scar that he could never remove, he looked up at the group of big brown boys on the rock and shouted, “Bonjour! Merci! Au revoir! Monsieur, monsieur!” while he hooked his fingers around his ears and waggled them.”

“From where he was, high up among red-brown rocks, it was a scoop of moving bluish green fringed with white. As he went lower, he saw that spread among small promontories and inlets of rough, sharp rock, and the crisping, lapping surface showed stains of purple and darker blue.”

Which detail best supports the idea that the bay is a potentially dangerous place In "Through the Tunnel",?

“It was a wild-looking place, and there was no one there.”

“I’d like to go and have a look at those rocks down there.”

“On the edge of a small cape that marked the side of the bay away from the promontory was a loose scatter of rocks.”

“Finally, as he ran sliding and scraping down the last few yards, he saw an edge of white surf and the shallow, luminous movement of water over white sand, and, beyond that, a solid, heavy blue.”

Which of the following quotations from “Through the Tunnel” best illustrates Jerry’s internal conflict ?

“He swam back to shore, relieved at being sure she was there, but all at once very lonely.”

They looked down gravely, frowning. He knew the frown.”

“All night the boy dreamed of the water-filled cave in the rock, and as soon as breakfast was over he went to the bay.”

“‘I want some swimming goggles,’ he panted, defiant and beseeching.”

Which of the following descriptions from the story helps to create a mood of danger In "Through the Tunnel",?

“Rocks lay like discolored monsters under the surface.”

“There she was, a speck of yellow under an umbrella that looked like a slice of orange peel.”

“Soon the biggest of the boys poised himself, shot down into the water, and did not come up.”

“It was as if he had eyes of a different kind—fish eyes that showed everything clear and delicate and wavering in the bright water.”

All of the following details prove that Jerry has matured throughout "Through the Tunnel",, except

“‘Mummy,’ he said, ‘I can stay under water for two minutes, three minutes, at least… It came bursting out of him.’”

“He did not ask for permission, on the following day, to go to his beach.”

“Probably now, if he tried, he could get through the long tunnel, but he was not going to try yet. A curious, most unchildlike persistence, a controlled impatience, made him wait.”

“It was a torment to him to waste a day of his careful training, but he stayed with her on that other beach, which now seemed a place for small children, a place where his mother might lie safe in the sun. It was not his beach.”

The author In "Through the Tunnel" uses the umbrella to symbolize

Jerry’s need for reassurance and comfort from his mother

Jerry’s ability to keep his goals in sight

Jerry’s understanding that he is not ready yet to be exposed to the world

The author uses the tunnel as a symbol of

Transition from childhood to adolescence

What is the best theme , or central idea, of “Through the Tunnel”?

an individual’s struggle to mature by testing himself

a boy’s rejection of his mother’s opinions

a child’s vulnerability to destructive peer pressure

a mother’s failure to guide her son

After Jerry swims through the tunnel, why does he give in to his mother instead of going back to the bay?

He has accomplished what he set out to do that day at the bay.

He realizes how foolish and dangerous his efforts have been.

He fears that he will fail if he swims through the tunnel again.

He knows that his mother does not want him to go back to the bay.

In The Most Dangerous Game, which event happens first?

Rainsford sleeps in Zaroff's bed.

In The Most Dangerous Game, which answer best describes the problem General Zaroff has before he invents his game?

He cares only for hunting, but hunting has begun to bore him.

He hates Ivan, but he needs his help for the hunt.

He loves hunting, but he hates to see animals suffer.

He hates Rainsford, but he must be hospitable to get him to stay.

In The Most Dangerous Game, what is the game that Zaroff invents?

He hunts human beings; sailors he lures to the island.

He invites the world's greatest hunters to compete against one another.

He invites other hunters to compete against Ivan.

He and Ivan compete against each other in tracking animals.

In The Most Dangerous Game, how does Rainsford finally defeat General Zaroff?

He swims back to Zaroff's house and ambushes him there.

He makes a Malay mancatcher using a dead tree.

He digs a pit lined with stakes and conceals it with branches.

He refuses to participate in Zaroff's hunt any longer.

In The Most Dangerous Game, what does General Zaroff list as important attributes of the animal he wishes to hunt?

It must be cunning, courageous, and be able to reason.

It must be exceptionally strong, cunning, and able to reason.

It must be able to reason, be large, and cunning.

It must be very large, strong and prey on animals.

In "The Most Dangerous Game," why does General Zaroff think he is justified in playing his game?

He feels that people have the right to use whatever power they have.

He feels rich people have more rights than the poor people

He resents the loss of his home in the Russian Revolution

He wishes to share the pleasure he feels in the game with others.

In “The Seventh Man,” which statement best summarizes what happens in the weeks following K.’s death?

He falls ill and has nightmares.

He starts attending a different school.

He spends hours studying K.’s artwork.

Which excerpt from “The Seventh Man” best explains why the seventh man felt responsible for K.’s death?

I probably could have run over and dragged him out of the reach of the wave.…

I had always loved and protected K. as if he had been my own little brother.

He might have been so absorbed in whatever it was he had found that my call made no impression on him.

Or possibly I had not yelled as loudly as I had thought. I do recall that my voice sounded strange to me.…

In “The Seventh Man,” why does the seventh man’s view of the past begin to change?

Studying K.’s art, he sees K. was gentle and realizes that his last look was not one of hatred.

After his father dies, he returns home and realizes that he did not need to move to Nagano.

Studying K.’s art, he realizes that K. was gentle and did not mind dying in the wave.

After his father dies, he realizes that it was the second wave, not the first, that killed K.

In “The Seventh Man,” what is the most important discovery that the seventh man makes when he returns to his hometown?

He realizes that the dark shadow of K.’s death has left him.

He realizes that K. was a gentle and artistic soul.

He learns that his father has died of cancer.

He sees that the town remains the same as when he was a boy.

What does the giant wave most clearly represent to the narrator?

It represents our fears, which hurt us if we turn away from them.

It represents death, which causes hatred among people.

It represents art, which can capture the spirit of nature.

It represents nature, which is both beautiful and awe-inspiring.

At the end of the Seventh Man, the narrator says that if we “turn our backs on” fear, “we take the most precious thing inside us and surrender it to something else.” What does he most likely mean by these statements?

If we avoid our fear, then we give the fear power over ourselves and lose our freedom.

If we avoid our fear, we will lose our lives to a natural force such as a storm.

If we do not respect our fear, then we will need to surrender to our enemies.

If we do not respect our fear, then others will surrender their respect for us.

When Pi was at first struggling with fishing, what happened to provide food for Richard Parker?

A swarm of flying fish flew up and many landed on the lifeboat.

In the selection from Life of Pi, why does the narrator have difficulty killing his first fish?

The tiger has taken it from him.

Its skin is turning different colors.

It escapes as soon as he lets go of it.

In the selection from Life of Pi, what does the narrator say made killing the dorado easier than killing the flying fish?

He has already killed one fish, so he believes that he has become used to killing.

The flying fish is larger, so it is physically harder to fight and kill.

The dorado is a predator, which he dislikes because he is a vegetarian.

The dorado attacks him, so he views killing it as an act of self-defense.

Which is the best description of the men’s situation in the excerpt from Unbroken?

They are drifting, lost on the ocean, during World War II, when the United States and Japan are at war.

During World War II, they are fighting off airmen and sharks that are attacking their rafts.

They are sailing toward Japan during World War II, hoping to avoid capture by the Japanese.

They are in a Japanese concentration camp

In the excerpt from Unbroken, how do Phil and Louie most likely feel about Mac just after his death?

They feel he has made up for eating the food stores earlier.

They feel sorry that he died before they spotted the island.

They feel sorry that they did not share their water with him.

They feel that not trusting him was the right decision after all.

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In "Through the Tunnel", what does Jerry do before he gets up the nerve to swim the tunnel?

In "Through the Tunnel", what physical problems does Jerry experience as he prepares for his challenge?

In "Through the Tunnel", Jerry carefully counts the seconds he is underwater but becomes stuck on ______________seconds and keeps repeating this same number over and over.

The point-of-view of "Through the Tunnel" is

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