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- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.At the beginning of the story, why does Gilbert say that he hates time?There is never enough time to do the things he wants to doHe is trying to pick a fight with Emmy and the twins.He thinks time is a tyrant that he can't control.His father spends a lot of time at work.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What does the author express with the simile, “the summer roared past like a three-masted schooner before a gale”?The summer was very stormy.The summer was very eventful.Gilbert's father spent the summer at sea.The summer passed very quickly.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What inference can you make about Gilbert's character from his interest in time?He is studious.He is foolish.He is inquisitive.He is stubborn.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Why does Gilbert feel that making his father laugh was “like Christmas and his birthday and a day at the beach all rolled into one”?Gilbert's father doesn't laugh very often.Pleasing his father makes Gilbert very happy.Gilbert wants his father to think that he is clever.His father will stay at home longer if Gilbert makes him laugh.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What does the handcar symbolize in the story?An escape from the tyranny of time.Gilbert's relationship with his father.The swift passage of time.Rebellion against authority.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.To be marooned in a place is to be?abandoned.imprisoned.surrounded.discovered.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What does it mean to be "penned up"?To be put into a cage like an animalTo have your name on a board that is penned.To be stuck in one place when you would like to do something else.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Who did Gilbert hope to see at the end of the story?his motherhis fatherthe twins and Emmythe nanny
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Who is the motivating factor in Gilbert's quest?
His dad
Albert Einstein
His sister Emmy
Mrs. Curie
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character motivations
needs and desires that drive a character's behavior, thoughts or feelings.
navigation tool that determines latitude and longitude
The qualities that make up a character's personality
persuasive speech
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sextant
navigation tool that determines latitude and longitude
The qualities that make up a character's personality
persuasive speech
Wise
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eloquence
persuasive speech
Wise
A thing that represents or stands for something else
A small telescope
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judicious
Wise
A thing that represents or stands for something else
A small telescope
the most important character in a story, poem, or play; protagonist
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symbol
A thing that represents or stands for something else
A small telescope
the most important character in a story, poem, or play; protagonist
leave helpless on a deserted island or coast; ADJ. red brown
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spyglass
A small telescope
the most important character in a story, poem, or play; protagonist
leave helpless on a deserted island or coast; ADJ. red brown
where and when the story takes place