Grade 7 - Literature -Unit 1- Story 2- King of Mazy May

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who is the author of the story " The King of Mazy May"

Jack Paris

Jack Liverpool

Jack London

Walt Masters

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Where is the setting of the story?

The Lazy Day Creek

The Mazy May Creek

New York Creek

The Crazy Pay Creek.

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the name of the boy in the story?

Walt Masters

Malt Jester

Peter Pipper

Bob Tutor

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How old was Walt Masters

12 years old

20 years old

15 years old

14 Years old

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

According to the story, at the age of fourteen, which of these things had Walt Masters done?

He had seen a train.

He had gone on a picnic.

He had played beneath the Northern Lights.

He had ridden an elevator.

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What were the prospectors looking for in The Mazy May Creek?

They were looking for diamonds.

They were looking for tin.

They were looking for copper.

They were looking for gold.

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why did Walt's dad leave him on his own at Mazy May Creek?

His dad went to buy food.

His dad went to buy a gun.

His dad went to record his claim.

His dad went to buy some new dogs.

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Walt learns about the plans to jump Loren Hall’s claim when he_________

finds a map with Loren’s claim marked.

sees the men registering Loren’s claim in Dawson.

hears rumors in town.

spies on the men and hears their plans.

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The major conflict in this story is between Walt and the_______.

claim jumpers

the team of dogs

the incredible cold

Loren Hall

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The part of the story where the suspense builds to its peak is______________.

the discovery of the claim jumpers.

the moment when the claim is finally registered.

the chase into Dawson.

when Walt is left alone to watch the two claims.

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What happens to the first lead dog in the story?

It gets shot by the stampeders.

It starts to fight with the other dogs.

It lays down and starts eating

It gets lost.

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

According to the end of the story, why did people begin speaking of Walt as the “King of Mazy May”?

He traveled the seventy miles to Dawson

in record time.

He found Loren Hall in his camp and

rescued him from the cold.

He prevented the claim jumpers from

jumping Loren Hall’s claim.

He outran a faster sled with a stronger

and better team of dogs.

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