Canyon's Edge Quiz 4 (pages 122-182)

What is something we have learned about Nora?

• She wants to be an adventurer

• She wants to understand why things happen

• She wants to prove she is a survivor

• She wants to leave the desert and never return

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What is the role of nature in 'Canyon's Edge'?

• A backdrop for the story

• An antagonist

• A source of inspiration

• A minor detail

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"[The mesquite beans] rattle like the snake." This is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Rhyme

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

When Nora hears a boom, why is she afraid?

• She knows the Beast is coming to get her

• She thinks her father is facing a new danger

• She is afraid another flash flood is coming

• She thinks there are hunters in the desert

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What does Nora find to escape the incoming storm?

• An outcropping of rock to sit on.

• An old animal home under a large rock to crawl into

• A bat cave up above her

• A large tree out the side of the rock she can use the rope to hang from safely

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How does Nora decide to get up to the cave?

• Using her knowledge of rappelling, she can use the rope she found

• Her hiking boots can grip the rock so she can climb up

• She uses plants and trees growing out of the side of the canyon to climb

• She free climbs the rock in her bare feet

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Her parents were adventurers, doing a variety of activities EXCEPT?

• Zip lining

• Cliff jumping

• Paragliding

• White water rafting

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

True or False,

Nora is afraid of heights?

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Select all the things that happened as Nora tried to climb to the cave

• She slipped and fell back to the ground

• She struggles to see with her loose hair

• Her foot slips and she slams into the canyon wall

• She tears her nails and skin climbing up

• She is startled by bats flying out of the cave and almost falls again

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Nora is so frustrated she makes what drastic choice?

• She gives up and starts heading for the ranger station

• She is so hungry she eats a raw bat

• She chops all of her hair off

• She drops back down and waits for the rain just so she can have some water

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3