Through the Tunnel Response

In the FIRST PART of the story 'Through the Tunnel', how is the character Jerry portrayed? Choose ALL answers that are correct.

• Jerry is childlike, but does have a sense of protectiveness toward his mother.

• Jerry still feels a childlike attachment to his mother, but he is beginning to seek independence and maturity.

• Jerry is far too old to still be acting like a child and his mother must force him to grow up.

• Jerry is defiant and wants to break away from his mother because he doesn't like being told what to do.

What type of figurative language is used in the following description of the setting?

"From where he was, high 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. 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."

• simile

• personification

• imagery

• metaphor

What type of figurative language is used in the following description of the setting?

"He went out

fast over the gleaming sand, over a middle region where rocks lay like discolored monsters

under the surface, . .

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• allusion

How does this description of the setting impact the tone?

"He went out fast over the gleaming sand, over a middle region where rocks lay like discolored monsters

under the surface, . . ."

• It has many action verbs and makes the tone seem impatient.

• The simile about the rocks like discolored monsters creates a menacing tone.

• The mention of monsters makes the tone seem angry.

• The allusion to monsters makes the tone comical.

How does this description of the setting impact the tone?

"A few inches above them the water sparkled as if sequins were dropping through it. Fish again, myriads of

minute fish, the length of his fingernail, were drifting through the water, and in a moment he

could feel the innumerable tiny touches of them against his limbs. It was like swimming in

flaked silver."

• It has many action verbs and makes the tone seem impatient.

• The simile comparing the water to sequins creates a magical or fanciful tone.

• The factual description makes the tone objective.

• The details about the things in the ocean make the tone instructional.

How does Jerry's character change throughout the story?

• Jerry's character grows from being uncertain and childish to becoming more independent.

• Jerry's character transforms into a villain by the end of the story.

• Jerry's character becomes more gullible as the story progresses.

• Jerry's character remains stagnant, or the same, throughout the story.

What type of conflict is it when Jerry overcomes his childish, impatient nature by working to become independent and persistent?

• person v. person

• person v. nature

• person v. society

• person v. self

Considering the main conflict in the story, which is the best statement of a THEME in this story?

• Children can grow to maturity by facing challenges with independence and determination.

• A young boy challenges himself to swim through a long underwater tunnel.

• The ocean can be either dangerous or magical.

• Mothers should always watch their children when they are trying new things.

How does the author use the setting to enhance the story's themes?

• By contrasting the safe beach with the dangerous tunnel

• By using the setting to reflect Jerry's internal conflict

• By making the setting a character in its own right

• Both A and B

When Jerry counts how long the boys remain under water and the author includes both Jerry's counting and his panicked thoughts, how does it impact the PACE and the mood?

• This makes it feel like the action is taking a long time. The reader feels a suspenseful mood.

• This makes the reader feel bored because the details take too long.

• This makes it seem like everything is moving quickly. The reader feels an excited mood.

• This makes if feel like the time is passing normally while Jerry is being brave. The reader feels relaxed.