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A Week in the Woods

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  • 14. What items are forbidden on the week in the woods?
    Knives, lighters, matches.
  • 9. Why does Mark not try hard in his new school?
    He will only be there for three months,
  • 7. Why does Mark find it so difficult to sleep when he spends the night alone in the barn?
    He is assailed by thoughts of gruesome things he has seen on television.
  • 10. Recall Mr. Maxwell’s three rules.
    The Friday Rule; The Homework Rule; The Five Minute Rule.
  • 16. When Mark runs away from the camp, what two things trick mark into losing the trail?
    His inexperience; the forest.
  • 17. When Mark and Mr. Maxwell are united at the end of the story, why was Mr. Maxwell glad for the swirling wood smoke?
    He was crying, and could pretend that the tears were caused by the smoke.
  • 5. What aspect of Mark’s new home does he like?
    The old, tilted part.
  • 6. What is Mark’s weakness?
    He hates being alone in the dark.
  • 4. Mention one or two negative qualities of Mark’s mother.
    She likes to move house often; she thinks money is the most important element is raising a child.
  • 8. In the book, Mark is reading the works of a particular author. Name the author.
    Jack London.
  • 1. What is the name of the author?
    Andrew Clements.
  • 13. What does Mark ask Leon not to do when Leon picks Mark up from school each day?
    He asks Leon not to open the door of the car for him.
  • 11. Following his move to Whitsun in New Hampshire, in what way does Mark beome ‘rich’?
    He becomes rich in time and nature.
  • 12. What’s the meaning of the term state of the art?
    being technologically new
  • 2. In what year was the book written?
    2002.
  • 3. What is Mark’s surname?
    Chelmsley.
  • 15. When Mr. Maxwell is in pursuit of Mark through the woods, what was his principle feeling?
    guilt
  • 18. What two requests of his parents does Mark make at the closing of the story?
    To stay in Whitsun; to bring the penny from his old house.