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- 1. Multiple ChoiceHow does the author organize the events in her journal?sequentially by datescientifically by creaturesystematically from east to westgeographically by latitude and longitude
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich text from the journal includes a simile?"The careless scuff of a boot heel...""Twilight falls and I crawl into my tent...""Frustrated birds shriek like squabbling children...""I have learned that the largest animal on Earth, the hundred-ton blue whale..."
- 3. Multiple ChoiceIn her journal, the author describes a penguin rookery. What is a penguin rookery?a home for a single penguin familya place where penguins hunt for fooda nesting area for hundreds of penguinsa caged area for studying captured penguins
- 4. Multiple ChoiceAt Palmer Station, the author learns that blue whales eat krill. What is krill?one-celled plantsa kind of green algaelarge animals similar to sealstiny shrimplike ocean animals
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these phrases from the journal does NOT help you understand the sequence of events?earlier todaytwilight fallsit was three in the morningthree miles from Palmer Island
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe author falls into a crevasse. What is a crevasse?a deep, narrow rivera wide, shallow lakea deep, narrow cracka wide, shallow canyon
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich text from the journal included a metaphor?"It was three in the morning, bright outside...""....I climbed in a stillness broken only by the noise of snow...""Dressed in a watchman cap, three layers under my parka and boots...""Near the top I heard a cracking sound, a slap magnified a million times."
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhy does the author include the phrases, After a few deep breaths and It was an hour before in the sentences below?
After a few deep breaths, I began to scramble out. Terrified the crack would keep growing, I moved slowly. It was an hour before I was on firm ice.to create a sense of terror in the readerto show how metaphors can create a sense of suspenseto demonstrate that she is not an experienced climberto show the sequence of events and the passage of time - 9. Multiple ChoiceWhen does the author see the green flash in the sky?at noonat dawnat sunsetat three in the morning
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhen does the author leave Antarctica and go home?in Marchin Januaryin Februaryin December
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