"The Ravine" Test Review!

What is the MAIN BEST setting of our story?

• A waterfall with a big jump

• Hawaii in the summertime

• A jungle with thick trees

• A Ravine where a boy had died

Answer explanation

The boy dying is the MAIN feature of setting that the author brings up again and again and again

The character who said this was? "..."

• Jo- Boy

• Vinny

• Mo

• Starlene

• Vinny's Dad

Answer explanation

Mo never actually talks in the entire story. :)

What is one character trait of Vinny?

• He is afraid of heights

• He is afraid of dying

• He is afraid of water

• He is afraid of disappointing his friends

From the following passage, which quote BEST shows the mood of the story?

• “Hey Vinny, Watch how a man does it! Look!”

• "The cold mountain water tasted tangy. Was that because the boy's body was down there decomposing?"

• “The cool breeze that swept the Hawaiian hillside pastures above died early in the descent.”

• "The Boy didn't die Vinny. The Goddess took him."

Answer explanation

This is the one that gives the spookiest feelings. Even the other references the death and dying but this one makes us FEEL it the most.

The MOOD of our story is mostly

• happy

• spooky

• dramatic

• exciting

Answer explanation

By putting in the death references, the author is trying freak out Vinny and freak out the reader.

The character who said this was? "You going jump in the water and go down and your going touch his face, stuck under the rocks."

• Jo- Boy

• Vinny

• Mo

• Starlene

• Vinny's Dad

The character who said this was? "Go to it big boy. I'll be watching."

• Jo-Boy

• Mo

• Vinny

• Starlene

• Vinny's Dad

The character who said this was? "She has no fear... No fear at all."

• Jo-Boy

• Vinny

• Mo

• Starlene

• Vinny's Dad

The character who said this was? "You fall off a horse, you get back on, right? Or else you going to be scared of it all your life."

• Jo-Boy

• Vinny

• Mo

• Starlene

• Vinny's Dad

One quote that BEST shows Vinny is...

• "He'd never been this far up the trail before. Once he'd tried to go all the way, but couldn't. "

• “They took their time because the hand and footholds were slimy with moss.”

• "He’d never seen anything so beautiful in all his life."

• "Vinny decided he'd better believe in the legend. If he didn't, the goddess might get mad..."

Answer explanation

This is best because it is dealing with his central fear, having to go to the 50 foot ledge when he is scared of heights, and having to do what the dead boy did where he could possibly also die.