Question 1

Based on details in the story, what can the reader infer about Katie?

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She likes challenges and excitement.

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She will not cross anymore bridges.

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She likes camp better than school.

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She has crossed high bridges many times before.

Question 2

What conclusion about Katie is best supported by the end of the story?

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She discovers that encouragement and support from friends can help achieve goals.

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She decides that going across bridges is the best thing to do in the world.

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She hopes to never go to a camp again.

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She discovers that she could have crossed the bridge without any help.

Question 3

Which sentence from the story suggests that Katie is afraid of crossing the bridge?

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Looking at the ground from so high up made my head spin. (paragraph 8)

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I'm really going to do that again! (paragraph 15)

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Finally, I reached the end of the bridge. (paragraph 11)

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I had already seen two people go across the bridge without so much trouble, so I was sure that I could make it across easily. (paragraph 5)

Question 4

Katie's conversation with her friends show that they -

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are willing to support and help her

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wish Katie did not always need them for assistance

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are shocked to see her try to cross a bridge

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do not think Katie is a good friend

Question 5

Which sentence best helps the reader understand that the story is told from the first-person point of view?

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I slowly moved across the bridge, holding the rope that my belayer also held far below.

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There was a big mistake.

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The Indiana Jones Bridge was 60 feet in the air and made up of tiny boards to step on but with large spaces between them.

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The cheering was spreading like wildfire through the high-ropes area.

Question 6

Which one of these events from the story causes Katie to consider to continue to cross the bridge after she looks down?

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Katie's friends quickly cheer her on after she askes them to.

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Katie sees two people cross the bridge without much trouble.

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The belayer tells Katy to go back to the middle of the bridge.

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Katie climbs the wooden pole.

Question 7

In paragraph 11, the most likely reason the belayer says "All right, now turn around and come back to the middle of the bridge!" is that they-

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realize that Katie is successful at crossing the bridge

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does not want Katie to achieve her goal

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knows that Katie cannot cross the bridge without help

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wants Katie to get off the bridge and never get back on

Question 8

The conversation between Katie and Hannah in paragraphs 1 through 2 suggests that Katie is

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supportive and encouraging to her friends

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worried that she cannot accomplish what Hannah was able to do

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fearful of crossing the bridge

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unsure if she should cross the bridge

Question 9

In paragraph 6, what does the word fluttering mean?

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to move rapidly

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moving slowly

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to shine brightly

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to bounce up and down

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