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"A Mountain Journey"

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the protagonist of the story?

a)

Frank MacMoran

b)

Dave Conroy

c)

Duncan Macdonald

d)

Howard O'Hagan

2.

What point of view is the story written in?

a)

First Person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person Objective

d)

Third Person Omniscient

3.

What is the climax of the story?

a)

When he falls into the river

b)

When he decides to rest against the snow bank

c)

When he starts to hallucinate

d)

When he finds the burnt down cabin

4.

What does opaque mean?

a)

Not able to see through

b)

Able to see through

c)

Coloured

d)

Black

5.

What is the main conflict in this story?

a)

Person vs. Person

b)

Person vs. Society

c)

Person vs. Self

d)

Person vs. Nature

6.

What is the initial incident?

a)

When he finds the burned down cabin

b)

When he falls into the river

c)

When he first decides to go to the cabin

d)

When he leans against the snowbank to rest

7.

What is bannock?

a)

A type of game meat

b)

A portable stove for backcountry use

c)

unleavened bread

d)

bacon

8.

What is the setting of the story?

a)

The Alps

b)

The Rocky Mountains

c)

The Andes

d)

The Appalachians

9.

What does crescendo mean?

a)

the top of a mountain peak

b)

the loudest noise possible for humans to hear

c)

the highest point of tension in a story

d)

the highest point reached in a progressive increase of intensity

10.

What is the resolution of the story?

a)

Conroy dies

b)

MacMoran and Macdonald rescue Conroy

c)

Conroy gets to Hoodoo cabin

d)

Conroy gets to Terrace Creek

11.

What does exulted mean?

a)

to place someone higher up than yourself.

b)

to feel or show triumphant elation or jubilation.

c)

to promote someone.

d)

to honour someone.

12.

What is foreshadowing?

a)

When the outcome of a story is different from the expected outcome.

b)

When the author provides a false clue to a problem.

c)

When the author provides hints to what will happen in the future.

d)

When the story is predictable.

13.

What does siwashing mean?

a)

To walk through the brush in the woods.

b)

To camp without a tent.

c)

To hike in the backcountry.

d)

To sleep in a hut made of branches and twigs.

14.

What does telemark mean?

a)

a turn in downhill skiing or a landing style in ski jumping with one ski advanced and the knees bent

b)

Cross-country skiing

c)

Using your poles while cross-country skiing to help you make a turn

d)

A form of hiking in the mountains