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Maroo Chapter 13
1. What offering did Maroo make to the mountain spirits on page 105?
2. What was the hardest part of the day for Maroo on page 105?
a.
b.
c.
d.
the pain in her legs
the cold weather
the fatigue
the boredom
3. What does the word DESOLATE mean in the following sentence from page 105?
‘The place where they now found themselves was desolate.’
a.
b.
c.
d.
full of life
crowded
vibrant
bleak
4. What was the name Old Mother gave for the high place on page 106?
5. What was Maroo’s idea for shelter on page 106?
6. What is one likely reason that Maroo ‘tilted the blocks inward at just the right angle?’
7. What clue on page 107 indicated to Maroo and Otak what type of animal had been nearby ?
8. What clue on page 107 indicated to Maroo and Otak how long it had been since the animal was
nearby?
9. What clue on page 107 indicated to Maroo and Otak the size of the animal?
10. What does the word OBLITERATED mean on page 107?
‘The snow began to fall more heavily, and the lion’s prints were obliterated before their eyes.’
a.
b.
c.
d.
built
created
left alone
destroyed
11. What was missing from the embers on page 107 that would mean they were ready to be used to
make a fire?
12. What literary device does the author use in the following sentence?
‘She blew again, feeding the sleeping fire with slivers of wood to tempt it into life.’
a. onomatopoeia
b. foreshadowing
c. personification
d. cliffhanger
13. What was one likely reason that Maroo decided not to use her bow-drill to make a new fire?
14. What were three reasons from page 108 that explained why they could not leave the snow house
until the snow stopped?
15. According to Maroo’s method of counting on page 108, how many days had they been gone?
16. What is the most likely reason that Otak’s lower lip wobbled on page 109?
17. What do the children think caused Maroo’s fall through the snow and the strange noises on page
109?
18. What advice of Old Mother’s did the kids follow on the top of page 110?
19. What does the word FRETTED mean in the following passage?
‘Rivo growled and fretted in the passage’
a.
b.
c.
d.
be happy
worried
calm
delighted
20. What does the word CONTEMPTUOUSLY mean in the following passage?
‘I could get a lemming, or a hare. I’m not afraid of the snow.’ Maroo laughed contemptuously.
‘Yesterday you were frightened of the wind in the tunnel.’
a.
b.
c.
d.
praising
politely
insultingly
respectfully
21. What is one likely reason on page 111 that Maroo did not want Otak to see her crying?
22. What was something Maroo did for Otak on page 111, that she felt Old Mother would approve of?