Beware: World War I
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Study Questions: Beware of the Dog
COMPREHENSION (10 points; 1 point each)
On the line provided, write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.
______ 1. The circumstance that creates the main conflict in “Beware of the Dog” centers on a pilot who — A is unsure of his location as he awakens over the English Channel B is joking with his squadron members about his wounded leg C speaks English in a place where most people speak French D parachutes from his plane after being shot down by enemy gunfire
______ 2. The pilot’s reaction to his situation during the story goes from — F indifference to frustration G upset to anger H calm to nervousness J nervousness to calm
______ 3. When the pilot describes a world that turns “from white to black, then back to white again,” he is referring to — A facing the clouds, which are all white, and then facing the dark English Channel B a world full of good people and evil people C being awake and aware of himself and then losing consciousness D the difference between the English and French languages
______ 4. According to the pilot, he awakens — F in a field in an unknown country, with his leg blown off G to the company of his squadron members H as his parachute opens and he floats through the white clouds to safety J in a hospital in Brighton, England, with his leg amputated
______ 5. What bothers the pilot about the sound of a Junkers 88 is that — A it reminds him of his own plane, which he crash-landed B it is like that of the plane the Germans use to bomb England C two engines are heard even though the plane usually uses just one engine D it is like that of the most common plane in the U.S. Air Force
______ 6. Suspense in the story builds rapidly up to the
____________________Name
________Period
________Date
Study Questions: Beware of the Dog
COMPREHENSION (10 points; 1 point each)
On the line provided, write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.
______ 1. The circumstance that creates the main conflict in “Beware of the Dog” centers on a pilot who — A is unsure of his location as he awakens over the English Channel B is joking with his squadron members about his wounded leg C speaks English in a place where most people speak French D parachutes from his plane after being shot down by enemy gunfire
______ 2. The pilot’s reaction to his situation during the story goes from — F indifference to frustration G upset to anger H calm to nervousness J nervousness to calm
______ 3. When the pilot describes a world that turns “from white to black, then back to white again,” he is referring to — A facing the clouds, which are all white, and then facing the dark English Channel B a world full of good people and evil people C being awake and aware of himself and then losing consciousness D the difference between the English and French languages
______ 4. According to the pilot, he awakens — F in a field in an unknown country, with his leg blown off G to the company of his squadron members H as his parachute opens and he floats through the white clouds to safety J in a hospital in Brighton, England, with his leg amputated
______ 5. What bothers the pilot about the sound of a Junkers 88 is that — A it reminds him of his own plane, which he crash-landed B it is like that of the plane the Germans use to bomb England C two engines are heard even though the plane usually uses just one engine D it is like that of the most common plane in the U.S. Air Force
______ 6. Suspense in the story builds rapidly up to the