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“A Day’s Wait”

“A Day’s Wait”. Test Review. Vocabulary:. Define:. c ovey d etached e pidemic f lush l ightheaded m ounds p neumonia p oised p rescribed p urgative q uail s lack s leet . Reading Comprehension Questions:. Who is the author of the story?. Ernest Hemingway .

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“A Day’s Wait”

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  1. “A Day’s Wait” Test Review

  2. Vocabulary:

  3. Define: covey detached epidemic flush lightheaded mounds pneumonia poised prescribed purgative quail slack sleet

  4. Reading Comprehension Questions:

  5. Who is the author of the story? Ernest Hemingway

  6. Why did the boy think he was going to die? Because some boys from France told him that a person could die of a fever of 44*C, and since he had a fever of 102*F he thought that he would surely die. But what Schatz failed to understand was that in France they use a different system (Celsius) than here (Fahrenheit).

  7. What season does the story take place? It takes place during Winter.

  8. What kind of sickness did Schatz have? Influenza

  9. Where did the father go after he finished reading to Schatz? The father went hunting.

  10. What did Schatz’s father hunt? He hunted quail.

  11. How old is Schatz? Schatz is nine years old.

  12. Plotline:

  13. Identify each one as: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, or resolution. _____ 1.) Schatz started acting in a strange manner; he seems very detached from all that is going on. _____ 2.) The narrator explains how Schatz came to appreciate life after the misunderstanding. _____ 3.) Schatz’s illness is described as influenza by the doctor who diagnosed him. _____ 4.) Schatz seems to relax after learning that he will not die. _____ 5.) Schatz asks his father when he will die and his father reveals the misunderstanding.

  14. Figurative Language:

  15. Indicate if the sentence is an example of a simile, metaphor, personification, or hyperbole. I'll just die if I don't go to the party. He was a walking encyclopedia. It flew as high as a kite. The teapot sang as the water boiled. He'sdriving me crazy. This pudding is as smooth as silk. The leaves on the ground danced in the wind. Time ismoney.

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