“There Were Giants” Quiz

1. At the beginning, when Gramps tells the legend of the giant, you can infer that Marie sighs because she’s ______.

• confused
• worried
• annoyed
• shivering

2. Which of the following supports the answer to question 1?

• “I don’t think Gramps needs taking care of.”
• “As always, the room is freezing cold.”
• “He isn’t moving. I shake him, I call his name, I feel for a pulse.”
• “Not the legend again. I’m too old for this.”

3. In the legend, the giant “put his hand out to catch himself and left a deep impression in the soft limestone.” In this sentence, impression means ______.

• feeling
• hole
• imitation
• reflection

4. Why does Marie compare herself to an ice queen?

• The ice queen is her favorite character in the legend of the giant.
• She’s unhappy about spending winter in the cabin.
• She’s joking with Gramps about how cold the winter is.
• She once fell through the ice on the lake.

5. The author probably includes details about Marie’s school bus ride to show . . .

• how important education is to Marie’s family.
• why Marie doesn’t like the other kids who live on the lakes.
• which lake is closest to the school.
• how far off and alone the cabin is.

6. What is different about the morning Marie finds Gramps in the snow?

• The sunlight is bright.
• Marie’s bedroom is cold.
• Gramps’s bedroom door is open.
• The fireplace has no fire.

7. When Marie thinks “I might as well be climbing a mountain, “ she’s thinking about how hard it is to . . .

• walk through the knee-deep snow.
• snowshoe across the lake.
• get Gramps up the stairs to the cabin.
• reach the Bensons’ house in time to help Gramps.

8. Henry Benson tells Marie that she kept Gramps alive by . . .

• holding his hand.
• telling him the legend of the giant.
• keeping him warm.
• calling 911.