Plot
What did Brian see while at the mall with his friend Terry that nobody knows he saw?
Brian saw him mom in a vehicle with another man that was not his father
Brian woke up from the crash feeling very...
Thirsy
"The memory was like a knife cutting into him.." is an example of what?
Simile
small rounded hills
hummocks
“Hot little jets of hate worked into his thoughts, pushed once, moved back.” (p.57) is a ...
Metaphor
What external conflict was greatly bothering Brian at dawn and dusk?
Mosquitoes
What internal conflict is Brian dealing with that leads him to eat the berries?
Hunger
"Vampires, he thought" Gary Paulsen is using a metaphor he to compare what to vampires within the text?
Mosquitoes
to reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; to lessen
abated
The pilot seemed more a machine than a man, an extension of the plane. (pg. 3) is a ...
metaphor
What inference can be made about the "the secret" or what Brian saw that has made him so mad at his mother?
His mother is most likely cheated on his father with another man which caused the divorce
Brian realizes it may take longer for search and rescue to find him and crashed plane because why?
The pilot hit the rudder changing the plane’s direction; moving it off course
On page 36.."With it came some warmth, small bits of it at first, and with the heat came clouds of insects-thick, swarming hordes of mosquitoes that flocked to his body, made a living coat on his exposed skin, clogged his nostrils when he inhaled, poured into his mouth when he opened it to take a breath." is an example of what type of figurative language?
Metaphor
turn or slide violently in a particular direction
slewed
For a second, all he heard was the whusssh of the empty air waves. (pg. 19) is an example of...
Onomatopoeia
Brian's English teacher, Mr. Perpich
What is something Brian experiences in the woods that didn't exist in the city?
Silence
“At one time in the far past it had been scooped by something, probably a glacier, and this scooping had left a kind of sideways bowl, back under a ledge.” (p.53) is an example of what type of figurative language?
Alliteration
created; started
mounted
Those were the normal things he would say, but her voice had a sound like something thin that would break if you touched it. (p. 9 ) is an example of...
Simile
What did Brian always ensure to keep in his sight so that he did not get lost?
The lake
How did the berries he ate make him feel later on?
Sick to his stomach
“He threw the sticks down in disgust.” (p. 60) is an example of what type of figurative language?
Alliteration
covering a large area
extensive
“Just the walk around the back of the ridge and the slight climb over the top had left his legs rubbery.” (p.54) is an example of..
Metaphor