Setting
Informational
Literary
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
What does the word "setting" mean?
What is when and where a story takes place?
100
Which detail from the text best supports the main idea that Marven is good at doing things on his own? A) he organizes the payroll; B) he went skiing in the woods alone; C)he thought Jean Louis was a bear; D) he hummed with the lumberjacks
What is he organizes the payroll?
100
What is one supporting detail that shows that Marven is curious about his surroundings?
What is he skis in the woods alone/ he stares at the lumberjacks as they dance? (Answers may vary.)
100
When Marven organized the payroll, he had to sort the chits into the correct pay periods. What does payroll mean in this sentence?
What is the list of people to be paid and the amount to be paid to each person?
100
Order the following events as they occurred in the story. a. Marven wakes early in the morning and goes to the jacks’ cabin to wake the jacks who have overslept. b. The Laskys decide to send Marven to the great north woods. c. Marven wakes Jean Louis with a new French word that another jack taught him. d. Marven went skiing in the woods, where he thinks Jean Louis is a grizzly bear.
What is b. The Laskys decide to send Marven to the great north woods. a.) Marven wakes early in the morning and goes to the jacks’ cabin to wake the jacks who have overslept. c. Marven wakes Jean Louis with a new French word that another jack taught him. d. Marven went skiing in the woods, where he thinks Jean Louis is a grizzly bear.
200
What state does the story Marven of the Great North Woods take place in?
What is Minnesota?
200
What causes the Laskys to send Marven away?
What is the influenza pandemic?
200
Marven says that the lumberjacks are “a pack of frantic grizzly bears." What does this mean?
What is the lumberjacks are large/ hairy/ wild-looking?
200
The "beads of ice glistened on the bare branches like jewels." What is a synonym for the word glistened?
What is sparkled/ shined? (Answers may vary.)
200
What is a biography?
What is a story about someone's that is written by someone else?
300
What is one setting from the portion of Marven that we read in our reading circle (not in your textbook)?
What is Marven's home/ the train/ the train station?
300
Mama made latkes and knishes for Marven to take with him on the train. I can infer that latkes and knishes are...
What is a type of food/ something to eat?
300
What is one of Marven's character traits? Cite 1 piece of evidence from the text to support your answer.
What is, for example, brave? Marven goes skiing alone in the woods/ travels alone to the north woods on a train. (Answers may vary.)
300
Marven stared at the food in dismay. What is a synonym for dismay?
What is disbelief/ fright/ awe/ fear?
300
Marven has a good head for figures, but isn't sure he can make it as a bookkeeper at a logging camp, yet he goes anyway. What character trait does this demonstrate about Marven?
What is he is brave?
400
What is the setting of Marven of the Great North Woods from your textbook?
What is the great north woods?
400
"Two days later, the morning Marven was to leave, Mama made latkes and knishes. While they were piping hot, she wrapped them in newspaper and put two in each of his coat pockets and one inside his cap to keep him warm." What is the text structure of this passage?
What is chronological order?
400
The author says that Marven has "a head for numbers." This means what?
What is Marven is good at math?
400
"Immense men with long beards and wild hair were jumping around to the fiddler’s tunes like a pack of frantic grizzly bears." What is the meaning of "immense" in this sentence?
What is large/ huge?
400
"Jean Louis grunted and swung his feet from beneath the covers. They were as big as skillets." What is being compared to skillets?
What is Jean Louis's feet?
500
What city did Marven travel from to get to the logging camp? In other words, what is the name of Marven's hometown?
What is Duluth?
500
What are two effects of the influenza pandemic on the Lasky family? (Hint: think about the portion of the story that is not in your book!)
What is 1) Marven's Great Aunt died, & 2) Marven is sent to the great north woods.
500
What is a main idea of Marven of the Great North Woods?
What is Marven is working in a logging camp to keep safe from the influenza epidemic? (Answers may vary.)
500
"Leve toi," Jean Louis, "leve toi," Marven would say every morning. What is the meaning of "leve toi" in this sentence?
What is get up/ wake up?
500
"Jean Louis grunted and swung his feet from beneath the covers. They were as big as skillets." What literary device is being used in this sentence?
What is a simile?
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