Questions

1. What was Dave Conroy doing out in the wilderness? Dave Conroy was out hiking the mountains because he was searching for furs. I found out because of this quote “fifty pounds of fur for the market-the result of six weeks’ trapping on the head of the Jack- pine.”
2. At what point does the reader know the protagonist is in serious trouble and not likely to
make it to MacMoran’s cabin? (plot) When Dave Conroy falls into the creak I knew he wouldn’t make it because the cold and how he has no strength will affect his ability to make it to MacMoran’s Cabin.
3 .. What three critical mistakes did Conroy make? What are some of the things he could
have done to prevent himself from freezing? (plot) He went hiking in the mountains alone and it was the wrong time of year. He should have set camp 2 miles back.
4. Determine the elements of plot in this story: exposition, complicating incident, 3 crises,
climax, and the denouement. Dave Conroy is 5 miles away form the MacMoran’s Cabin and he is very tired. He gets stuck and falls into the frozen pond. The Cabin burnt down. He gets covered up by the snow and prays that the people at MacMoran’s cabin will find him. 
S. Describe the setting – how does the setting affect the plot and the theme of the story?
What is the theme – write a theme statement for this story. The theme of the story is that you should be prepared for the worst because Dave was not prepared at all and the story shows the consequences.
6. Find one example of symbolic setting (concrete place that represents something abstract)
and explain its meaning. The mountain represents the obstacles during that time and the weather signifie people that are trying to stop him
7. Quote four images from the story that make effective comparisons (figurative language:
simile, metaphor, and personification) Simile “new snow, white and soft as flour.” p.91, Simile “That tree, like a strong and lonely woman”p.92, Personnification “Dark green trees came out of the thinning mist towards him, touched him with outflung branches.”p.93, Metaphor “the cold was an old man’s fingers” p. 91

Vocabulary

1. Eternal: Forever
2. Immobility: Not being able to move
3. Opaque: Not being able to see through
4. Reverberation: The prolongation of a sound
5. Momentum: To keep up speed
6. Cadaverous: Resemble a corpse
7. Beggared: To gather a crowd
8. Inundation: An overwhelming abundance of people or things
9. Beggared: Reduce someone to poverty
10. Filched: to pilfer or steal