"The Ravine" and Plot Elements

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is most important about the setting of "The Ravine"?

It is muddy and slippery

It is a jungle ravine in Hawaii

It is a place that a boy died

It is a deep jungle pool

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How does Vinny feel about going to the pond?

excited and adventurous

nervous and anxious

calm and peaceful

bored and tired

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is important about the legend of the stone goddess?

Starlene tells Vinny about it.

Vinny believes in the legend.

It is a Hawaiian legend.

It is Starlene's way to say that the boy didn't die.

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why does Vinny call Joe-Boy "an idiot"?

Vinny is angry at Joe-Boy.

Joe-Boy is not Vinny's best friend.

Joe-Boy jumped without Vinny.

Vinny wants to make Starlene angry.

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What motivates Vinny to climb up to the highest ledge?

He wants to jump off of it.

He doesn't want his friends to know that he is afraid.

He likes to climb to high places.

He wants to see what the pond looks like from there.

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How does Vinny change by the end of the story?

He becomes brave enough to jump.

He does whatever his friends tell him to do.

He learns that it is OK to say no to his friends.

He becomes embarrassed about not jumping.

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

If something is gnarly, it is...

smooth

bumpy

soft

wet

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A rivulet is a...

big river

pond

waterfall

small stream

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does cascade mean?

to fall in stages

to go up

to rain

to drop straight down

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A precipice is a...

hill

trail

cliff

ravine

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following is a part of the Exposition in "The Ravine"?

Starlene talks about the stone goddess.

Joe-Boy puts a lightening bolt of mud on his chest.

It is a Tuesday in July.

VInny feels pressured to jump.

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a part of the Rising Action in "The Ravine"?

Vinny's friends pressure him to jump.

Vinny and his friends walk out of the ravine.

Starlene talks about the stone goddess.

Starlene puts a cross of mud on her forehead.

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following is the Climax in "The Ravine"?

Vinny decides to jump from the cliff.

Mo jumps from the cliff.

Starlene and Joe-Boy kiss.

Vinny feels peace and decides not to jump.

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following is a part of the Falling Action in "The Ravine"?

Vinny notices how beautiful the island is.

A boy went missing from the pond two weeks ago.

Starlene jumps from the cliff.

Vinny's mom asks him to promise not to go to the ravine.

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following is the Resolution in "The Ravine"?

Vinny is sad.

Vinny is embarrassed because he couldn't jump.

Vinny runs home to his mama.

Vinny is no longer worried about what his friends think.

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