Bronze--Unit Three Study Guide

1. Bronze--Unit Three Study Guide

2. At the start of “The Third Wish,” the only thing troubling Mr. Peters is that he is ___________________. • lonely

3. In “The Third Wish,” Mr. Peters does not use up all three of his wishes at once because he wants to _____________. Save them for later

4. In “The Third Wish,” Mr. Peters changes Leita back into a swan because she is ___________________. Unhappy as a human

5. In “The Third Wish,” the reason Mr. Peters does not move to a drier spot after being stricken with rheumatism is that he wants to _____________________. Stay near the two swans

6. In “The Third Wish,” the most likely reason that many people became a little frightened of Mr. Peters is because he ___________________ to his swans. talked

7. In “The Third Wish,” when Mr. Peters is found dead, smiling happily and holding a withered leaf and a white feather, the writer is suggesting that he _______________________. Wished for his own death

8. The lesson that can be learned from “The Third Wish” is you can’t force something ______________________. that isn’t meant to be

9. In “A Boy and a Man,” the problem that Rudi faces is that he has to rescue a man ______________________. who is trapped in a crevasse

10. In “A Boy and a Man,” Rudi does not want to go to Kurtal for help because the man in the crevasse ___________ in the time it will take to get a rescue party. might freeze to death

11. The passage from “A Boy and a Man” that helps you predict that Rudi will rescue the man successfully is _______________________________. • Somehow he stopped slipping. Somehow he held on.

12. In “A Boy and a Man,” Captain Winter is astonished to discover that Rudi is “just a boy” because Rudi was ______________________________. • Strong enough to rescue him

13. In “A Boy and a Man,” Rudi is amazed that he has saved Captain John Winter because Captain Winter is a ______________________. famous mountaineer

14. In “A Boy and a Man,” Captain Winter is impressed that Rudi’s father was Josef Matt, a ________________. • great guide in the Alps

15. In “A Boy and a Man,” Rudi and Captain Winter discuss the different sides of the Citadel because both of them have studied _______________. • ways to climb the Citadel

16. In “A Boy and a Man,” the conflict that Rudi faces in addition to the conflict with nature is that he wants to be a climber, but his _________________ for him to be one. • his mother is afraid

17. In the excerpt from Into Thin Air, the Icefall is ______________________. • a glacier

18. The description from Into Thin Air explains that shows why it is so difficult to climb the Icefall is that the glacier is in a continual and often violent state of flux. This added an ________________. • element of uncertainty to every ladder crossing

19. In the excerpt from Into Thin Air, the final challenge the climbers face before they can arrive at Camp One is that they must climb up and over a ______________________. • giant, offkilterserac

20. In “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” the Light Brigade is a _______________. • group of six hundred British soldiers on horseback.

21. The line in “The Charge of the Light Brigade” that explains why the soldiers followed orders and charged the enemy army despite being outnumbered and not as heavily armed is “_________________________. Theirs is not to reason why

22. The repeated line in “The Charge of the Light Brigade” that adds to the feeling of soldiers charging on horseback is “______________________.” Rode the six hundred

23. The lines in “The Charge of the Light Brigade” that tells you that not all the Light Brigade soldiers survived is “________________________.” Then they rode back, but not the six hundred

24. The statement that best describes what King Henry V is telling his men in the “St. Crispian’s Day Speech” is the men will be ______________ to have fought in this great battle. • proud

25. In the “St. Crispian’s Day Speech, King Henry V refers to the men who are ____________ as “gentlemen in England, now a-bed” • now a-bed

26. The child’s flowers symbolize the child’s _____________ in “The Enemy”. • ability to see beauty despite the effects of war

27. According to the speaker of “The Enemy”, those who can find beauty in the middle of war are the ______________________. • children

28. The veteran miners in “The Californian’s Tale” ________________ him to sleep. • pretend his wife is returning, then drug

29. The poet is speaking to the _________ in “Valediction”. • the lady

30. In “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” the speaker stops by ______________________. • by deserted woods

31. In “Four Skinny Trees,” the author is comparing the trees to ______________________. • herself

32. In the following sentence from “Four Skinny Trees,” what is the author saying about herself? She, like the trees, ________________. For who don’t belong here but are here • does not belong in the city

33. According to the author of “Four Skinny Trees,” _______________ makes the trees strong. • their anger

34. The speaker in “Four Skinny Trees” is probably ______________________. • A teenager

35. What is special about the place where the poet stops in “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”? It is a ______________________ place. • peaceful and beautiful

36. What do you learn about the poet’s beliefs in this line from “______________________”?To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. He believes that every moment of day and night is miraculous. • He believes that every moment of the day and night is miraculous