T4 Reading Unit

A break in the stormy weather allowed Erik Weihenmayer's team to:

Which of the following is NOT a main character of "The Patented Gate and the Mean Hamburger"?

When Slick Hardin mentioned that he was going to sell his diner, he was:

Characters, plot, setting, theme

What did Jeff York do with the difference between the price of his farm and the price of the dogwagon?

The two main place settings in "The Patented Gate and the Mean Hamburger" were:

What did Jeff mean when he told his blind friend to "look around" from the peak of Mt. Everest before climbing down?

Author’s great athletic feats and their greater meanings

Background information about characters and setting

When PV warned the rest of the climbing team, “If you sit down, you'll stay there,” he meant:

At the end of "The Sun Parlor," Sis:

About accomplishing a great goal despite a handicap

Twain wrote that New England's ice storms were:

Which of the following is the most prominent factor in "The Patented Gate and the Mean Hamburger"?

Most representative theme of "The Patented Gate and the Mean Hamburger"

Long-distance ocean swimmer

The unpredictable nature of New England's weather was Twain's:

Which of the following was NOT a feat accomplished by Erik Weihenmayer's team at Mt. Everest?

What distinguished Jeff York from a thousand other men who looked like him?

Tribute to everchanging elements of nature

What was Slick Hardin's opinion of the hamburger Mrs. York cooked for him?

Jeff York went to the bank looking to:

Which of the following pairs best represents the theme of "The Patented Gate and the Mean Hamburger"?

Uses the elements of fiction to tell a true story

Which emotion best summarizes "The Sun Parlor" author's feelings as an adult looking back on her painting the sunroom?

Exposition

Water temperature for Lynne Cox's 1.06 mile Antarctica swim

Where is the Bering Strait?

The time setting of "The Patented Gate and the Mean Hamburger" was:

Relates how values and life goals can lead to tragedy

Which literary tools did Twain use in his toast?

Mark Twain's essay about New England weather took the form of a toast, or a:

Emphasized how personality differences can create conflict

The basic story outline of "The Patented Gate and the Mean Hamburger" can be compared to:

Personal creative essay

Short story

Which of the following is NOT true about people's responses to Erik's climbing Mt. Everest?

Lynne Cox's stories were intended to:

When his team's goggles began to fog and ice over, Erik Weihenmayer noted that:

What happened to the sun parlor as the author aged?

Set a world record at least twice

The author's perfectionist tendencies were best seen in "The Sun Parlor" when she:

At the end of "The Sun Parlor," the author asks Sis:

Jeff had turned back from the last climb at Mt. Everest, but he:

Lynne Cox wrote that her Antarctica crew motivated her and stretched her to the edge of:

Most similar to narrative essay

Narrative essay

What did “The children don’t belong to the house. The house belongs to the children” mean in "The Sun Parlor"?

Memoir

"Slice of life," as opposed to autobiography

When Twain mentions counting over a hundred types of weather in a day, he is using: