The Terrible Things

Which of the following would be an acceptable title for the allegory?

• The Hunt for Hitler

• The Lone Survivor's Vow

• Old Porcupine Strikes Again

• The Friendly Forest

Which of the following is NOT true of an allegory?

• It usually involves animals as characters.

• it's directly references well-known people, places, and events

• it is a symbolic representation about human experience.

• it is a narrative that conveys abstract ideas.

Who was the protagonist of the story?

• the Terrible Things

• Big Rabbit

• Old Porcupine

• Little Rabbit

"Until the day the terrible things came." This line from the text is an example of

• repetition

• allusion

• simile

• light/dark imagery

"They stopped at the edge of the clearing and their shadows blotted out the sun." This line from the text is an example of

• repetition

• allusion

• simile

• light/dark imagery

Choose the correct sequence of the following events:

1. 1) The birds are carried away 2) Little Rabbit vows to bear witness 3) The Terrible Things take Old Porcupine 4) Big Rabbit calls the frogs "lumpy slimy things.

• 2, 4, 3, 1

• 1, 4, 3, 2

• 4, 1, 2, 3

• 1, 3, 4, 2

All of the following characters have dialogue EXCEPT

• TheTerrible Things

• Frogs

• Fish

• Squirrels

"The rabbits and the porcupines looked everywhere, except at each other." Why do the animals exhibit this behavior during the rising action?

• They are looking for the Terrible Thing

• They do not want to be associated with one another.

• They are planning a resistance.

• They cannot find little rabbit.

"...and the porcupines hung in them like flies in a spider's web as the Terrible Things carried them away." This line is an example of:

• repetition

• simile

• allusion

• light/dark imagery

Little Rabbit observes all of the following EXCEPT:

• He saw the gleam of their terrible eyes.

• He touched their terrible hands.

• He heard the rumble of their terrible voices.

• He smelled their terrible smell.