Vocabulary
Characters
Prefixes
Comprehension
Pot Luck
100
To unfasten
What is disengage?
100
The narrator of the story.
Who is Gary Paulsen?
100
This is the meaning of the prefix e-
What is out?
100
This is the trick that Storm plays on the dogs that are next to him.
What is snorting wind into their ear?
100
This is what Storm does to indicate that Paulsen is running the dogs too hard.
What is refusing to carry or accept the stick?
200
To recover
What is regain?
200
The narrator refers to this character as his "one dog" or "first dog."
Who is Storm?
200
This is the meaning of the prefix dis-
What is away, opposing, or not?
200
This is what Storm does after stealing Paulsen's hat and burying it in the snow.
What is smile?
200
This is the pronoun that the narrator uses to refer to himself.
What is I?
300
To give out or send forth
What is emit?
300
This minor character does not like to be surprised.
Who is Fonzie?
300
This is the meaning of the prefix re-
What is again, back, or anew?
300
This is the term that Paulsen uses to describe Storm's eyes and his ability to judge if a load is too heavy or just right.
What is having "scale eyes?"
300
This is the type of narration or "person" that the story is written in.
What is 1st person?
400
A type of literature that a person writes about their own life.
What is an autobiography?
400
This is the relationship between the narrator and the author of the selection.
What is they are the same person?
400
Using the prefix dis- this word means to not agree.
What is disagree?
400
This is the lesson that Paulsen learns during a pre-Iditarod race when he was running the dogs too hard.
What is winning isn't everything or winning isn't more important than the dogs?
400
This is the dogsledding race that takes place in Alaska?
What is the Iditarod?
500
A piece or part of a larger selection or novel that is pulled out an put in story form.
What is an excerpt?
500
This is Storm's ENEMY in the selection.
What is the stove or weight on the sled?
500
Using the prefix re- this word means to play again?
What is replay?
500
This became a lifelong habit that Storm picked up and used to communicate with Paulsen?
What is carrying the stick?
500
This is a word that describes Storm's character (or personality).
What is comical, humorous, or funny?
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