Vocabulary
Name that Character
5-W's of the Story
Comprehension Questions
100
What is deserted?
What is something that is abandoned or left alone
100
Who allowed the boys to go to the State Park?
What is Joels' Father
100
Who are the two main characters?
What is Joel and Tony
100
How did Joel feel when his dad gave him permission to go to starved rock? A) Excited B) Sad C) Worried C) Joyful
Worried
200
What is outrageous
What is strange or crazy
200
Whose idea was it to swim the Vermillion River?
What is Tony
200
Name the time of day and Season this happened in.
What is the summer and around noon
200
Why did Joel agree with Tony to go swimming in the Vermillion River?
Joel didn't want to look like a chicken to Tony
300
What is rotting?
What is something that is spoiling or going bad
300
Who begged Joel to go on the paper route with him?
What is Bobby
300
Name the River and State
What is Vermillion River and Illinois
300
What three people did Joel blame for Tony's death
Joel, Joel's father and Tony
400
What is concocted?
What is devising a plan
400
Which character could not swim well and was embarrassed to swim at the pool?
What is Tony
400
What challenge caused Tony to drowned?
What is Joel challenging him to swim to the sand bar
400
What were the two smells that Joel couldn't get off of him?
What is the river and the guilt of Tony dying.
500
What is exasperated?
What is to be irritated
500
Name every character that we discussed in class
What is Joel, Tony, Bobby, Joels' Parents, Tonys' Parents, the teenagers and the police
500
What was the Honor that Joel promised his father?
What is go to the State Park and be safe
500
Give two similarities and two differences between Tony and Joel.
What is answers will vary
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