Chapter 15 Mastery Track

In the excerpt from 'The Dead Father', what does the slight curl at the end of Sam H's mouth signify?

• Displeasure

• Happiness

• Indifference

• Confusion

Fill in the blank: 'But we little know until tried how much of the ______ there is in us, urging across glaciers and torrents.'

• Uncontrollable

• Fear

• Joy

• Sadness

What did the narrator use to light the stove?

• A match

• A lighter

• A flint

• A candle

The narrator's left palm began to sting because ____.

• It was cold

• It was burned

• It was cut

• It was wet

What did the author's father buy them when they were eight years old?

• A bicycle

• A telescope

• A rope and ice ax

• A microscope

The author worried about stepping off the top of a serac and ending up at the bottom of the ________.

• Glacier

• Witches Cauldron

• Ice cap

• Mountain

The author realized that their volition alone was not going to get them up the ________.

• Glacier

• North wall

• Mountain

• Ice cap

What was the narrator's reaction when Jim Freeman doubted his climb?

• Anger

• Amusement

• Embarrassment

• Indifference

Where was the author when he passed out?

• On the floorboards next to a gutted transmission

• In a hotel room

• At a friend's house

• In a park.

The author survived his Alaska adventure by

• Skill

• Luck

• Preparation

• Help from others