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Reading Selection #12 "Enemies Meet"
Contributed by: Rogers
  • 1. What is the setting for this selection?
A) along a stream
B) the woods
C) a quiet city street
D) a busy village
  • 2. What was the reason that George was in the area?
A) He was lost.
B) He had been sent to scout the land before the next day's battle.
C) George was the cook for the soldiers.
D) He was looking for the Union general to give a message about supplies.
  • 3. What type of figurative language is being used in this example? "The log groaned under his weight."
A) personification
B) simile
C) alliteration
D) metaphor
  • 4. What did the two men have in common?
A) They both had the same name.
B) They were both soldiers.
C) They were each from South Carolina.
D) Both men were old and tired.
  • 5. What was George doing when Elijah saw him?
A) staring in to space
B) making coffee
C) cleaning his rifle
D) looking at a map
  • 6. What does the word "savor" mean?
A) slowly
B) enjoy
C) bite
D) chew
  • 7. What injury did Elijah have?
A) a broken ankle
B) a bump on his head
C) a hurt wrist
D) a severe cut on his face
  • 8. Which of the following is NOT one of the items mentioned that was scarce or in limited supply?
A) coffee
B) guns
C) meat
D) ammunition
  • 9. If George and Elijah happened to meet on the battlefield, what would they probably have to do?
A) share more stories
B) fight each other
C) look for more supplies
D) prepare another meal
  • 10. What was Elijah sent to get?
A) guns
B) food
C) spies
D) logs
  • 11. What is the genre of this selection?
A) fantasy
B) nonfiction
C) biography
D) historical fiction
  • 12. In what time period does this story take place?
A) War of 1812
B) Civil War
C) Battle of Lexington and Concord
D) Revolutionary War
  • 13. What is the prefix in the word "unfinished"?
A) ed
B) finish
C) un
D) fin
  • 14. Which word in paragraph 9 was used to mean the same as "Yankee"?
A) Johnnycake
B) Rebel
C) Federal
D) Confederacy
  • 15. Why did the Confederate soldiers need to find logs?
A) to build a fire for cooking
B) to trick th enemy into believing they had more cannons
C) for a signal fire
D) to build a log cabin for the officers to use as their headquarters
  • 16. What character trait could best be used to describe both individuals in this selection?
A) angry
B) dreadful
C) old
D) polite
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