The Last Bear - Chapters 19 & 20

1. What is the main purpose of Bear’s story in this chapter?

• a) To make April laugh
  
  
  

• b) To explain how Bear ended up alone on Bear Island

• c) To tell April how to find her father

• d) To warn April about humans

2. How does Bear communicate his story to April?

• a) Through words
  
  

• b) Through drawings on the ice

• c) Through sounds, gestures, and expressions

• d) By writing in the snow

4. What emotion does April feel most strongly after hearing Bear’s story?

• a) Anger
  
  
  

• b) Fear

• c) Sadness

• d) Confusion

4. Why is April determined to help Bear after hearing his story?

• a) She feels responsible for Bear being alone
  
  

• b) She wants to become famous for saving a polar bear

• c) She wants to impress her father

• d) She believes Bear’s survival depends on her

5. What important theme does Bear’s story highlight?

• a) Survival and loneliness
  
  
  

• b) Courage and bravery

• c) Friendship and betrayal

• d) Nature and technology

6. What important environmental issue does April talk to her father about?

• a) Melting ice and its effect on animals
  
  
  

• b) The danger of living on Bear Island

• c) How icebergs are formed

• d) Why it’s important to recycle

7. How does April’s father react when she tells him about the polar bear?

• a) He is shocked and promises to help
  
  
  

• b) He thinks she is imagining things

• c) He becomes angry and scolds her

• d) He immediately calls for help

8. What does April realize about her father during this conversation?

• a) He is too busy and distant to really listen
  
  
  

• b) He is scared of the bear

• c) He wants to leave the island immediately

• d) He understands everything but pretends not to

9. What is April’s father’s main focus while they are on the island?

• a) Helping April
  
  
  

• b) Protecting the environment

• c) Completing his scientific work

• d) Spending time with April

10. Why does April feel emotionally trapped in this chapter?

• a) She feels she has no support from adults
  
  
  

• b) She cannot find food

• c) She cannot leave the island

• d) She has no way to communicate