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WorksheetsWoods Runner chapters 7-8
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 26mins
Explain a simple move that Samuel made in Chapter 7 that saved his life.
Which word best describes Samuel's relationship with nature?
respectful
reckless
distant
destructive
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?
flashback (looking at something that happened in the past)
idiom (doesn't really mean what it says)
simile (the comparison of 2 unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
personification (giving people powers to things that aren't people)
A good title for Chapters 7-8 could be ____________.
Almost Caught
Caught up in a Battle
Tracking the Enemy
The Captives
What type of figurative language?
"...weapons that made a muffled barking sound."
simile
onomatopoeia
alliteration
What type of figurative language?
"Hunger took him like a wolf"
alliteration
onomatopoeia
simile
What type of figurative language?
"Samuel slide into the underbrush."
alliteration
simile
metaphor
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)
What type of figurative language?
"...was like a hot knife in his brain."
metaphor
simile
personification
Fill in the sentence with the correct word:
The (a) dog growled at me.
hostile
pealed
fractious
Fill in the blank using the correct word.
The (a) mule refused to move.
barring
fractious
inferior
Fill in the blank using the correct word.
My little sister is so (a) ; she never stops talking!
barring
obnoxious
gangrene
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
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."
alliteration
onomatopoeia
repetition
In the last question (15), Gary Paulsen uses "repetition." Why does he do this? What is the effect on the reader?
