“There Were Giants” Quiz

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Directions: Read the story “There Were Giants” in the March/April 2020 issue of Storyworks. Then click the best answer for each question below.

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1. At the beginning, when Gramps tells the legend of the giant, you can infer that Marie sighs because she’s ______. *

confused

worried

annoyed

shivering

2. Which of the following supports the answer to question 1? *

“I don’t think Gramps needs taking care of.”

“As always, the room is freezing cold.”

“He isn’t moving. I shake him, I call his name, I feel for a pulse.”

“Not the legend again. I’m too old for this.”

3. In the legend, the giant “put his hand out to catch himself and left a deep impression in the soft limestone.” In this sentence, impression means ______. *

feeling

hole

imitation

reflection

4. Why does Marie compare herself to an ice queen? *

The ice queen is her favorite character in the legend of the giant.

She’s unhappy about spending winter in the cabin.

She’s joking with Gramps about how cold the winter is.

She once fell through the ice on the lake.

5. The author probably includes details about Marie’s school bus ride to show . . . *

how important education is to Marie’s family.

why Marie doesn’t like the other kids who live on the lakes.

which lake is closest to the school.

how far off and alone the cabin is.

6. What is different about the morning Marie finds Gramps in the snow? *

The sunlight is bright.

Marie’s bedroom is cold.

Gramps’s bedroom door is open.

The fireplace has no fire.

7. When Marie thinks “I might as well be climbing a mountain, “ she’s thinking about how hard it is to . . . *

walk through the knee-deep snow.

snowshoe across the lake.

get Gramps up the stairs to the cabin.

reach the Bensons’ house in time to help Gramps.

8. �Henry Benson tells Marie that she kept Gramps alive by . . . *

holding his hand.

telling him the legend of the giant.

keeping him warm.

calling 911.

Constructed Response

Directions: Write your answer to each question in a well-organized response.
Make sure you support your answers with details from the story.

9. Describe the setting. How does it contribute to the story? Explain your answer using details from the text. *

10. �Why does Marie decide to cross the lake to get to the Bensons’? Do you think this is a good decision? Why or why not? *

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