| Vocabulary | True or False | Short Answer Comprehension | Long Answer Comprehension | Figurative Language |
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violent, rough air
What does the word 'turbulance' mean?
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True.
Brian is going to Canada to visit his father.
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He says "over".
How does Brian signal that he is finished talking on the radio and is ready to listen?
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He had a heart attack and died.
What happened to the pilot?
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Metaphor.
The drone and the sea of green trees that lay before the plane.....
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having a desire to do something
What does the word 'motivated' mean?
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False.
The pilot has a brain spasm and dies.
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a moose
What animal does Brian think he sees as he is trying to land the plane?
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In the lake
Where does Brian actually land the plane?
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Metaphor
The pilot seemed more machine than man, an extension of the plane....
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without transportation
What does the word 'stranded' mean?
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False.
Brian uses the radio to learn how to land the plane.
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13
How old is Brian?
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A self-cleaning, self-sharpening oil bit
What has Brian's father invented?
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Onomatopoeia
For a second, all he heard was the whooosh of the empty air waves....
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to move rapidly
What does the word 'hurtling' mean?
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True.
Brian flies the plane until it runs out of fuel, and then attempts to land it near water.
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Divorce, Secret
When Brian starts to think, what word does he always come back to in regards to his family?
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Brian pointed the nose of the plane down and threw up.
Describe what happened immediately after the plane's engine died.
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Simile
Her voice had a sound like something thin that would break if you touched it.
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to die down
What does the word 'abated' mean?
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True.
Part of "the secret" is that Brian sees his mom at the mall with a strange man.
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a hatchet
What does Brian's mother give him as a gift?
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Mosquitoes
What caused Brian considerable discomfort as the sun began to come up?
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Idiom
He normally would have said no, that it looked too hokey to have a hatchet on your belt
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