Question 1

What does belay mean?

Accepted Answer

being tied to a person or rock with a rope for safety

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a set of straps that can attach to a safety rope

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a shelf of rock

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a trip down into or from something like a mountain

Question 2

What is the meaning of descent?

Accepted Answer

a trip down into or from something like a mountain

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to come down a cliff by sliding down a rope

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a shelf of rock

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made a slow and difficult journey on foot

Question 3

What does a harness mean?

Accepted Answer

a set of straps that can attach to a safety rope

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to come down a cliff by sliding down a rope

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a shelf of rock

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made a slow and difficult journey on foot

Question 4

What is a ledge?

Accepted Answer

a shelf of rock

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to come down a cliff by sliding down a rope

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a trip down into or from something, like a mountain

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making a slow and difficult journey on foot

Question 5

What does it mean to rappel?

Accepted Answer

To come down a cliff by sliding down a rope

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to be tied to a person or a rock with a rope for safety

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to take a trip down from something like a mountain

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to make a slow and difficult journey on foot

Question 6

What is the definition of trekked?

Accepted Answer

to make a slow and difficult journey on foot

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to take a trip down something like a mountain

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a trip down into something like a mountain

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to come down a cliff by sliding down on a rope

Question 7

What was the problem in the story Cliff Hanger?

Accepted Answer

Grits was stranded on a mountain with a strong storm approaching.

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Axel was stuck on a mountain with no way down.

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Axel never climbed a mountain before with his father and he was scared.

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A storm came and closed the mountain Axel was climbing on.

Question 8

What was the genre of this story?

Accepted Answer

Realistic fiction

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non fiction

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<P>fairy tale</P>

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<P>fiction </P>

Question 9

Axel and Dag counted between each flash of lightning and boom of thunder to calculate how far away the storm was. What did the counts mean?

Accepted Answer

one mile for every five counts

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one mile for every count

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five miles for every count

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two miles for every count

Question 10

What problem did Axel have as he rappelled down?

Accepted Answer

He didn’t have enough rope to rappel all the way down.

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The rope began to break and he had to free climb without the rope.

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He was scared because he was so high off the ground.

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He didn’t have a way to get Grits down safely.

Question 11

Why didn’t Axel’s dad talk to him as he descended down the last bit of rock?

Accepted Answer

He didn’t want to break his concentration.

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He was at a loss for words.

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He was mad at him.

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He knew Axel was too high to hear him.

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