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Woods Runner chapters 7-8

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Explain a simple move that Samuel made in Chapter 7 that saved his life.

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2.

Which word best describes Samuel's relationship with nature?

a)

respectful

b)

reckless

c)

distant

d)

destructive

3.

Read the following passage: "Just then, as he settled back to wait and think on some way to get to the captives without being discovered-the whole world blew up."


Which literary device is used in the passage?

a)

flashback (looking at something that happened in the past)

b)

idiom (doesn't really mean what it says)

c)

simile (the comparison of 2 unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

d)

personification (giving people powers to things that aren't people)

4.

A good title for Chapters 7-8 could be ____________.

a)

Almost Caught

b)

Caught up in a Battle

c)

Tracking the Enemy

d)

The Captives

5.

What type of figurative language?


"...weapons that made a muffled barking sound."

a)

simile

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

alliteration

6.

What type of figurative language?


"Hunger took him like a wolf"

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

simile

7.

What type of figurative language?


"Samuel slide into the underbrush."

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

8.

Sequence the following events in the correct order. (your final answer should be a number followed by a space. for example: 1 2 3 4 5)

___ Samuel comes to an encampment.

___ Samuel was hit with a tomahawk

___ The natives began whooping and dancing around the campfire.

___Samuel eats corn.

___ As Samuel is drinking water, he spots 2 Native Americans.

___ Shots were fired from the north of the clearing.

(a)  

9.

What type of figurative language?


"...was like a hot knife in his brain."

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

10.

Fill in the sentence with the correct word:


The (a)   dog growled at me.


hostile

pealed

fractious

11.

Fill in the blank using the correct word.


The (a)   mule refused to move.


barring

fractious

inferior

12.

Fill in the blank using the correct word.


My little sister is so (a)   ; she never stops talking!


barring

obnoxious

gangrene

13.

Fill in the blank using the correct word.


He always felt (a)   around his big brother because his brother was good at everything.


pealed

obnoxious

inferior

14.

What type of figurative language does Gary Paulsen use in the following examples:


"The plan would come later."

"It would be dark soon."

"He had no plan."

"But it would be dark soon."

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

repetition

15.

In the last question (15), Gary Paulsen uses "repetition." Why does he do this? What is the effect on the reader?

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