Maniac Magee - Chapter 31 (Word Study)

"Within an hour or two, the holiday would come bounding down

the stairs and squealing 'round the tinseled trees of Two Mills. But for the moment, Christmas bided its time outside, a purer presence." What type of figurative language is NOT used above?

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• metaphor

"Within an hour or two, the holiday would come bounding down

the stairs and squealing 'round the tinseled trees of Two Mills. But for the moment, Christmas bided its time outside, a purer presence." What type of mood is created in the above excerpt?

• argumentative and bitter

• celebratory and joyous

• calm and relaxed

• unstable and imbalanced

"They bundled themselves and ventured into the silent night. " What do these words reveal about the setting?

• The sun is in the middle of the daytime sky.

• It is cold outside.

• The story takes place over three days.

• It is too dangerous to stay inside.

"Snow had fallen several days before. In much of the town it had been plowed, shoveled, and slushed away; but in the park...it still lay undisturbed, save for the tracks of rabbits and squirrels." What is the base word in undisturbed?

• undisturb

• undisturbed

• disturbed

• disturb

"Snow had fallen several days before. In much of the town it had been plowed, shoveled, and slushed away; but in the park...it still lay undisturbed, save for the tracks of rabbits and squirrels." What does it mean for the area to be undisturbed?

• damaged

• interrupted

• intact

• instead

"Beyond the tall pines, stars glittered like snowflakes reluctant to fall." What type of figurative language and imagery is used?

• simile / sight

• simile / touch

• metaphor / sight

• metaphor / touch

"They visited their tree. They stood silently, just to be near it, letting the magic of it drift over them." How does Maniac and Grayson seem to feel?

• unsettled

• hesitant

• relaxed

• confused

"They walked the creek woods all the way to the zoo, meandering wordlessly throughout the snowy enchantment. As if by design, they both stopped at the same spot, above the half-submerged, rooty clump of a fallen tree." Which of the following words DOES NOT contain a suffix?

• wordlessly

• enchantment

• fallen

• design

"They walked the creek woods all the way to the zoo, meandering wordlessly throughout the snowy enchantment. As if by design, they both stopped at the same spot, above the half-submerged, rooty clump of a fallen tree." Based on the use of the prefix "sub-", what does it mean for something to be "half-submerged"?

• without light

• without water

• completely under

• partially under

"If mother buffalo was glad to see the fence-hopping human again, she didn't show it. But Baby came trotting on over, and the two of them had a warm reunion." What does the author mean when he says that Maniac and the baby buffalo's encounter was "warm"?

• hot in temperature

• contains no wind or snow

• pleasant and positive

• tense and hesitant