A Week in the Woods Review

Match the character with the correct description

• 5th grade child used to getting everything he wanted

• Anya

• 5th grade science teacher at Hardy Elementary

• Mark

• groundskeeper, gardener, and chauffeur

• Leon

• housekeeper and cook for the Chelmsley family

• Jason Frazier

• student who broke one rule at the week in the woods

• Mr. Maxwell

What is a week in the woods program?

• summer camp

• an outdoor nature studies program for 5th graders

• a special program for rich children

• a reward for the best behaved students

What happened to Mr. Maxwell’s Hindenburg lesson and demonstration?

• The balloon burned up.

• It failed to light

• Mr. Maxwell used the wrong chemical

• Mark told the class what would happen before the demonstration

Why did discovering time made Mark feel rich for the first time in his life?

• Mark was able to go camping

• Mark had a chance to explore the barn.

• Mark had free time to do the things he wanted. 

• Mark was able to learn to snowshoe.

What did Mark ask his father to bring him from the New York House?

• his favorite photos

• a special penny

• his lucky t-shirt

• his snow skis

Why did Mark walk up and start talking to the group of kids after his night in the barn?

• They looked like cool friends

• He heard them making fun of him

• Leon convinced him to talk to them

• He realized he had been a jerk at school

The protagonist, the main character of the story that has a conflict that must be solved, was

• Mr. Maxwell

• Jason

• Mark

• Mrs. Leghorn

What was Mr. Maxwell’s opinion about Mark when he turned in his week in the woods form?

• He was spoiled

• He was ungrateful

• He was disrespectful

• all of the above

 The antagonist, the person, thing, or situation that causes a conflict for the main character, was

• Mr. Maxwell

• Mark

• Jason

• Mrs. Leghorn

Why did Mark feel like “his ears were growing” when he and Leon camped out?

• His ears were really cold

• The animals were really loud

• He felt completely surrounded by nature and could hear every sound

• none of the above