Through the Tunnel Quiz

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13 questions
Note from the author:
Quiz on the JGB story "Through the Tunnel" by Doris Lessing
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The BIGGEST conflict in the story is Jerry...

1

Which character trait LEAST describes Jerry in the story "Through the Tunnel"?

2

Look back at page 25. The main reason the boys don't pay attention to Jerry is that...

2

Look at the context clues on page 25, a craving most likey is...

1

On page 25, which of these examples show the BEST imagery (painting a picture in the reader's mind by "showing, not telling")?

2

On page 27, as Jerry waits for the older boys to swim up from their dive, he feels...

2

On page 29, the author's description of Jerry diving underwater "again and again" to find the tunnel shows the reader that Jerry is...

2

Right after Jerry discovers the tunnel in the rock, he...

2

Which phrase or sentence from the story best shows why Jerry "felt he was accepted" (p. 26) by the older boys?

2

What method does Jerry use to lie underwater on the sea floor?

2

On page 30, when Jerry's mother asks, "Did you enjoy yourself?" and he says, "Yes," the author is trying to show that...

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Read the quote. Then tell which adjective best describes the MOOD of the story in this scene: "He could see nothing ahead. Something soft and clammy touched his mouth; he saw a dark frond moving against the greyish rock, and panic filled him."

2

Which of the following events happens LAST in Jerry's swim through the tunnel?