Independent Novel Quiz: Skunk's Scout

What is the main setting of Skunk Scout?

• Mount Tamalpais

• San Francisco

• Ohio

• Yellowstone National Park

Where does Teddy live?

• In the woods

• In Los Angeles, California

• In Chinatown

• In Seattle, Washington

What point of view is Skunk Scout?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person omniscient

Why is Teddy upset by Uncle Curtis's driving?

• He wants to get to the campsite quickly

• He wants to be the navigator

• Uncle Curtis keeps missing the freeway exit

What is the first thing Uncle Curtis and the boys do when they arrive at the campsite?

• Put on bug spray

• Set up the tent

• Find wood for the campsite

Teddy offers to hammer the tent's stakes into the ground because he wants to

• build up the muscles in his arms

• show Uncle Curtis who is boss

• prove he is better than his brother

"Uncle Curtis inspected the tent ropes carefully. He acted as though they were the cables holding up the Golden Gate Bridge."

What two types of figurative language are seen here?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Allusion

How does Teddy feel toward Bobby?

• He likes to compete with Bobby

• He does not like how babyish Bobby seems

• He does not like to play with Bobby

To prove that brains mattered more than brawn, Bobby....

• pulled apart two books that looked fused together.

• solved a difficult crossword puzzle in record time.

• recited how to avoid attacks from different kinds of animals.

• used a trick to beat his father in an arm wrestling contest.

"She had ears as sensitive as bats"  is an example of what type figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia