From Emory's Gift

This excerpt can best be describe as exploring the theme of  -- 

• survival in extreme conditions
• courage in the face of danger
• reverence for the natural world
• standing up for a principle

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

The details about the sized of the creek in paragraph 1 are significant to the story's plot because --

• the creek is too narrow to offer the narrator any protection from the cougar
• the narrator knows exactly where to catch the most fish in the creek
• the creek is so wide and deep that the narrator's escape route is cut off
• the narrator is so busy studying the creek that he does not notice the cougar right away

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

From paragraphs 11 through 13, what can the reader infer about the narrator's relationship with his father?

• The narrator wishes that he could be more like his father.
• The narrator has an instinctive respect for his father. 
• The narrator feels conflicted about his father. 
• The narrator wants to escape his father's influence.

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

What is left unresolved at the end of the story?

• The narrator's conflict with his father
• The cougar's dilemma
• The reason why the cougar fled
• The narrator's need to find his way home

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

Which sentence best describes how the author uses point of view in the selection?

• The author uses a third-person narrative to help the sreader understand what motivates the protagonist to stand his ground and meet a deadly threat.
• The author uses an unreliable first-person narrator to suggest that the protagonist exaggerates the dangers he faces.
• The author uses a first-person narrative to help the reader identify with the thoughts and feelings of a protagonist under extreme stress.
• The author uses an omniscient narrator to create suspense by revealing the existence of a threat to a naive, vulnerable protagonist. 

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CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The tone of the story becomes increasingly -- 

• hopeful
• critical
• despairing
• suspensful

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4