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9th
grade
from Deep Survival (A Matter of Life or Death Unit 5)
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- 1. Multiple Choice
As Juliane Koepcke's plane fell from the sky, she remembers "thinking that the jungle trees below looked just like cauliflowers." According to the author, what important fact about Juliane does this show?
She was able to observe the situation without panicking.
She was unaware that her life was in danger.
She used her imagination to distract herself from the terror.
She felt confident that the plane would not crash.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What did Juliane Koepcke do differently than the other passengers who landed in the Peruvian Jungle?
She traveled downhill to find water.
She gathered supplies from the wreckage.
She built a shelter to protect herself from the cold.
She waited near the plane for rescuers to survive.
- 3. Multiple Choice
When the title of text starts with "from" in lower case, this means that ....
We are reading an excerpt (a part) of the text, not the whole text.
We are reading a rough draft that has never been published.
We are reading a text that has not been checked for accuracy.
We are reading a text with a horrific ending.
- 4. Multiple Choice
The anecdotes Gonzales uses in this selection all help illustrate...
how to survive desperate situations.
how to avoid dangerous situations.
how he trained for endurance.
how he conquered his own fears.
- 5. Multiple Choice
In lines 77-89, Gonzales discusses people who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. These examples support his idea that...
following the rules is not always the best course of action in an emergency.
people's religious faith sometimes gives them a false sense of security.
terrorist attacks are fundamentally different than other survival situations.
listening to authority figures is the safest option in a major crisis.
- 6. Multiple Choice
What detail about Byron Kerns, the survival instructor, surprised Gonzales?
He wore an 18-inch Panamanion machete on his belt.
He spoke softly, as if we were in a church, and he laughed a lot.
He had worked at the famous Air Force Survival School in Washington State.
He asked Kerns and Gonzales to make a fire.
- 7. Multiple Choice
According to Gonzales, which of the following is the best way to ensure your own survival?
finding someone else to help
having plenty of poetry to recite
figuring out who is to blame
keeping your sense of humor
- 8. Multiple Choice
Distntergarion is the process of
a whole coming apart.
a solid turning into a gas.
a survivor being rescued.
a group cooperating together.
- 9. Multiple Choice
To deduce something means to
reach a logical conclusion.
notify in writing.
explain in detail.
find a creative solution.
- 10. Multiple Choice
To distill something means to
transform it to a liquid state.
find out how it was made.
expand it to a larger amount.
add another substance to it.
- 11. Multiple Choice
A person's demeanor refers to his or her
manner.
skills.
ethnicity.
strength.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Conversely means
a way that contradicts or reverses something.
when two parties have come to a complete agreement.
an unusual weather pattern that only happens every few years.
when what happens is exactly what was suppose to happen.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Fill in the blank - __________, searchers are always amazed to find people what have died while in possession of everything they needed to survive.
conversely
disintegration
deduce
distill
demeanor
- 14. Multiple Choice
Fill in the blank - A dozen other passengers survived the midair __________ of Juliane's plane, and their attitude, and hence their behavior and fate, were quite different from hers.
conversely
disintegration
deduce
distill
demeanor
- 15. Multiple Choice
Fill in the blank - The next day, she __________ that even the helicopters and airplanes she could hear wouldn't be able to see her through the jungle canopy.
conversely
disintegration
deduce(d)
distill(ed)
demeanor
- 16. Multiple Choice
Fill in the blank - We'd learn to find water or ___________ it from the air.
conversely
distengration
deduce
distill
demeanor
- 17. Multiple Choice
Fill in the blank - That ____________, once learned under penalty of death, is carried through the rest of your life.
conversely
disintegration
deduce
distill
demeanor
- 18. Multiple Choice
What did Juliane Koepcke share in common with Bill Garleb, survivor of the Bataan Death March?
Both became keenly aware of their environments instead of showing panic or fear.
Both survived battle in World War II.
Both were in Japan at the time of their survival experience.
Both were seventeen years old.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Beginning with line 181, Byron Kerns tells Gonzales about a survival experience he had in his early Air Force days. What is the take home idea from this anecdote?
In a survival scenario it is important to rest and to use your energy wisely.
When trying to survive you have to push yourself as hard as you can, because time is your enemy.
Always trust your own instincts instead of listening to others.
Walk downhill, find a river, and follow it to civilization.
- 20. Multiple Choice
Re-read Lines 37-44. Why did Gonzales include this anecdote from the book Alive, which is about a plane crash in the Andes?
The idea that waiting for rescue is not a good one.
That survivors may have to commit cannibalism in order to survive.
Flying in a plane is a very dangerous endeavor.
People should not try to rescue themselves. They need to wait for the experts to come and save them.
- 21. Multiple Choice
Lines 241-248 What did building a fire do for the pilots?
It helped them to survive - reminded them of home, lights being on, and supper cooking.
It helped them understand that they need to help someone else.
It taught them a valuable lesson about fatigue.
They were never able to fly again.
- 22. Multiple Choice
What did all the survivors that Gonzales talk to tell him about their survival experience?
How horrible and how beautiful it was.
They have to try to relive it every chance they get.
They wish that it had never happened to them.
More people need to have Yankee ingenuity.
- 23. Multiple Choice
Did Gonzales discover a true meaning for Positive Mental Attitude?
No = to hard to define.
Yes = a calm confidence.
- 24. Multiple Choice
What resources and strategies did Juliane Koepcke have that helped her survive - Mark all correct answers!
She felt sorry for herself (bemoaned her fate).
She knew she had to get herself out.
She had plenty of survival equipment.
She rested during the heat of the day and traveled during the cooler periods.
- 25. Multiple Choice
What is a famous quote by Louis Pasteur (page 326)?
Luck favors the prepared mind.
Don't swim with sharks.
Love is blind.
Survival is transformational.
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