The Ravine Reading Check

At the start of the story, what does the reader learn is significant about the ravine?

• It's where Vinny and his friends like to swim.

• It's where Vinny and his friends first met in kindergarten.

• It's where a missing boy may have drowned.

• It's a dangerous place, but it's where Vinny dared his friends to go.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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In the beginning of the story, what does Joe-Boy tease Vinny about the most?

• Vinny's fear of the possibly dead boy.

• Vinny's clumsiness and dropping his towel in the mud.

• The fact that no one wants Vinny to be there.

• Vinny's secret crush on Starlene.

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How does Vinny feel about the missing boy Butchie?

• Guilty

• Unbothered

• Upset and Scared

• Angry and Resentful

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which quote from the story best supports the correct answer to #3?

• "Joe-Boy's an idiot. Sure I'm going to jump."

• "Vinny felt at peace. Totally calm and at peace."

• "He waved to Vinny, grinning like a fool, then followed Starlene up the zigzag trail."

• "Vinny winced. He didn't want to be here. It was too soon, way too soon. Two weeks and one day."

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

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How does Vinny feel when the group first gets to the pond?

• jealous of Starlene and Joe-Boy

• excited to jump off the waterfall ledge

• fearful because Mo threatened to beat Vinny up if he doesn't

• hesitant because of where and how the boy died

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In paragraph 50, it is clear that Vinny’s mother wants him to stay away from the pond...

• but his friends push him to go.

• and his father will ground him for going.

• because she knows his friends are too reckless.

• because it is a privately owned part of the island.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

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Who has more influence over Vinny's decisions? How do you know?

• His mother. She doesn't want Vinny to go to the ravine so, he listens so as to not upset her.

• Butchie. Vinny thinks Butchie died when jumping off of the cliff, so he refuses to watch his friends jump as well.

• The goddess. Vinny is frightened of the haunted pond so he avoids the ravine all together.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why is Vinny afraid when Starlene climbs the zigzag trail?

• He fears his mother will find out he went to the pond with Starlene and punish him for hanging out with a girl.

• He fears Starlene will get hurt jumping from the big ledge.

• He is afraid Stalene will slip and fall on her way up the zigzag trail.

• He is afraid Joe-boy will push Starlene off of the edge.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

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What does Starlene say she believes happened to the missing boy?

• He died in the ravine.

• He died in the waterfall.

• He was taken by a goddess.

• He was scared away by a ghost.

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

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Climbing the trail to the high ledge, Vinny is plagued by thoughts of...

• Starlene jumping.

• the stone goddess.

• his parents and his dog.

• the dead boy in the ravine.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3