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Worksheets"The Ravine" Test
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is most important about the setting of the story?
It is muddy and slippery.
It is a jungle ravine in Hawaii.
It is a place where a boy died.
It is a deep jungle pond.
How does Vinny feel about going to the pond?
excited and curious
nervous and anxious
calm and peaceful
bored and tired
Why does Vinny call Joe-Boy an "idiot"?
Vinny is angry with Joe-Boy.
Joe-Boy is not Vinny's best friend.
Joe-Boy jumped into the pond without Vinny.
Vinny wants to make Starlene angry.
What motivates Vinny to climb up to the highest ledge?
He wants to jump off the ledge.
He doesn't want his friends to know he is afraid.
He likes to climb to high places.
He wants to see what the pond looks like from up high.
What is the conflict of the story?
Vinny is going to get into trouble for disobeying his mom.
Vinny is afraid of heights, and gets sick when he looks down from high places.
Vinny is afraid of the Stone Goddess.
Vinny is feeling pressure from his friends to jump into a pond from a high ledge.
What is the climax of the story?
The point when Vinny is on top of the ledge deciding to jump or not.
When Vinny and his friends are walking up the path to the ledge where they would jump.
When Vinny and his friends walk out of the Hawaiian jungle to head back home.
When Joie Boy and Starlene are teasing Vinny about the dead boy.
What is the rising action of the story?
The point when Vinny is at the top of the ledge deciding to jump or not.
The point when Vinny and his friends are walking out of the jungle to go back home.
The point when Joe-Boy and Starlene jump into the pond from the high ledge.
The point when Vinny and his friends are walking up the hill in the jungle ravine to get to the high ledge where they would jump into a pond.
How does Vinny change by the end of the story?
He becomes brave enough to jump.
He does whatever his friends tell him to do.
He learns that it is okay to say no to his friends.
He becomes embarrassed about not jumping.
If something is gnarly, it is _____________.
smooth
bumpy
soft
wet
A rivulet is a ________________.
big river
pond
waterfall
small stream
What does cascade mean?
to fall in stages
to go up
to rain
to drop straight down
A precipice is a _______________.
hill
trail
cliff
rock
What does Vinny mean when he thinks to himself that "he'd never seen anything so beautiful in all his life" at the end of the story? (3-5 sentences)
