Cliff Hanger Reading Practice Test
Quiz by Raquel Andrews
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- Q1
What does belay mean?
a set of straps that can attach to a safety rope
being tied to a person or rock with a rope for safety
a shelf of rock
a trip down into or from something like a mountain
30s - Q2
What is the meaning of descent?
to come down a cliff by sliding down a rope
a shelf of rock
a trip down into or from something like a mountain
made a slow and difficult journey on foot
30s - Q3
What does a harness mean?
a set of straps that can attach to a safety rope
to come down a cliff by sliding down a rope
a shelf of rock
made a slow and difficult journey on foot
30s - Q4
What is a ledge?
a shelf of rock
to come down a cliff by sliding down a rope
a trip down into or from something, like a mountain
making a slow and difficult journey on foot
30s - Q5
What does it mean to rappel?
to be tied to a person or a rock with a rope for safety
To come down a cliff by sliding down a rope
to take a trip down from something like a mountain
to make a slow and difficult journey on foot
30s - Q6
What is the definition of trekked?
to take a trip down something like a mountain
a trip down into something like a mountain
to make a slow and difficult journey on foot
to come down a cliff by sliding down on a rope
30s - Q7
What was the problem in the story Cliff Hanger?
Grits was stranded on a mountain with a strong storm approaching.
Axel was stuck on a mountain with no way down.
Axel never climbed a mountain before with his father and he was scared.
A storm came and closed the mountain Axel was climbing on.
30s - Q8
What was the genre of this story?
non fiction
fairy tale
Realistic fiction
fiction
30s - Q9
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?
one mile for every count
five miles for every count
two miles for every count
one mile for every five counts
30s - Q10
What problem did Axel have as he rappelled down?
He didn’t have enough rope to rappel all the way down.
The rope began to break and he had to free climb without the rope.
He was scared because he was so high off the ground.
He didn’t have a way to get Grits down safely.
30s - Q11
Why didn’t Axel’s dad talk to him as he descended down the last bit of rock?
He didn’t want to break his concentration.
He was at a loss for words.
He was mad at him.
He knew Axel was too high to hear him.
30s