Clark 2nd Semester English Short Story Questions
Aphorism (spelling) is ______
"Be Brave"
There are (4) themes in Confucious Analets is ____? Name them.
"Respect your Parents" "Know what knowledge is" "Be a gentlemen" "Rule by Moral Force"
List two dangers that Hillary and Norgay encountered.
1) There was a crack in the summit 2) They were getting low on oxygen.
"A Walk to the Jetty", she is scared about two things. What are they?
1. Leaving where she came from 2. Falling through wood boards
In "Confucius Analets", is an old wise _______.
Chinese philosopher
Who was the author of My Left Foot?
Christy Brown
In the "Apple Tree" know the order of _____.
EVENTS!! - Don't see a copy of this story anywhere......
"A Walk to the Jetty" what was important?
FEAR
In the "Apple Tree" they ate the fruit and it tasted terrible, when it was supposed to taste great because it looked _____.
Good
"A Walk to the Jetty", why did she go to the Jetty?
Her dad was sick and wanted to take a walk.
"Mount Everest" what are the differences between the ones doing it for fame and others who did not? Who is Cocky and doing it for fame?
Hillary
"Mount Everest", Who did it for fame?
Hillary
"Mount Everest", Who stepped to the top first?
Hillary
"Mount Everest", Who thought he ran everything? Hillary or Norgay? He was also cocky....
Hillary
In the "Apple Tree" this story is based on an ________ to the _____..
Illusion, Bible
"Mount Everest", Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to people to reach the summit of _____.
Mount Everest
"Mount Everest" what are the differences between the ones doing it for fame and others who did not? Who is not cocky, not doing it for fame and just happy to reach the top of the mountain?
Norgay
"Mount Everest", Who wanted it to happen and was humble?
Norgay
"Mount Everest", who was second to get to top? What did he say about the path?
Norgay It was too narrow, but happy to make it to the top.
What are two things that the two climbers went thru in "Mount Everest?"
Oxygen tanks Weather Temperature Crack in the ice that if it falls, they all fall.....
In the "Apple Tree", the dad thinks the tree is good, because his friend told him it is _______. The apples taste ____.
Red, Nasty
"A Walk to the Jetty"....What was the first time she went to the Jetty?
She went there when her dad was sick.
The brief pieces of advice that he gives in "Confucious Analets" is called _____.
aphorisms
From My Left Foot is an ____
autobiography.
In the "Apple Tree" the Dad is very ________.
cautious, proud and protective
What is the name of the disease that the author of My Left Foot have?
cerebral palsy
From My Left Foot, he grabbed a piece of ____ and wrote the letter "___" with his ____.
chalk A left foot
"The Flood" is a _____
descriptive essay
"A Walk to the Jetty" she expects her parents to scorn her, but they end up _____
encouraging and supporting her.
"Mount Everest" How are Hillary's and Norgay's perspective about the climb different? Hillary believed: Hillary just did it for the _____ and ____.
fame and to get known
"The Flood" is told in the ____
first person
In the "Apple Tree", how was the dad after the apples and tree were grown and ripe?
he felt great and didn't want his kids around it.
"Mount Everest", Hillary said they could have not done it without________.
him
From My Left Foot, at 1 year old, she realized there was something wrong with him. He could not walk, talk, hold his head up, so she brought him to the doctor. The doctor said that he is _____ and they should put him in a _____.
hopeless mental hospital
"Mount Everest", The way Hillary describes Tenzing Norgay and himself in View from the Summit, we can infer that _____ was the leader.
leader
From "My Left Foot", how does he get his mom's attention?
pulls her hair
Compare the 1st and 2nd time she walked to the Jetty. The SECOND time _____.
she is more scared because she is alone and does not know the future
Compare the 1st and 2nd time she walked to the Jetty. The FIRST time _____.
she was scared visiting her ill dad
"The Flood uses many ____
similes comparing (2) unlike things.
From My Left Foot, She realized that he gets frustrated because he cannot _____.
talk.
How are Hillary's and Norgay's perspective about the climb different? Norgay believed: Norgay was happy because he thought it _____
was a great experience
