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Snowbound Study Guide

All questions MUST be answered in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

Ch. 11. What is the setting at the start of the novel?

2. Where does Tony discover the dog?

3. Why does Tony’s dad want him to stay in school?

4. What is the entire name Tony gives the dog?

5. What does Tony say is a reason that the dog would be very helpful to the family?

6. Explain why Tony’s parents chased the dog away the next morning.

7. Why wasn’t Tony going to school at the end of the chapter?

Ch. 28. Where has Cindy been?

9. What is Cindy’s real name?

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10. What does her father call her?

11. Why does she end up waiting at the bus station?

12. Cindy’s father “has a passion for” what three things?

13. What three things does Cindy do in her spare time?

14. How old was Cindy when her mother died?

15. Explain why Cindy leaves the bus station.16. What does she dislike about hitch hiking?

17. Who first gives Cindy a ride?

18. Why is it potentially dangerous for him to drop her off?

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19. Explain the step Tony takes to get his mom’s car.

20. Where is he going?

21. Who picks Cindy up next?

22. What does he at first assume about Cindy?

Ch. 423. To what town is Tony going?

24. What does Tony say about Cindy hitching that is insulting?

25. What does Cindy share with Tony?

26. Why does Tony not want to go into the diner?

27. What does Cindy promise herself she will not do again?

28. Explain why Tony turns off the highway onto a side road.

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29. Explain why Tony knows the country around there so well.

30. Explain the things that make Cindy think they’ve driven off the end of the world.

31. What does Cindy do at the end of the chapter when she realizes Tony has gotten them lost?

Ch. 532. For what is Tony blaming Cindy?

33. Why is his dad “going to kill him?”

34. What has happened to Cindy?

35. What are the three landmarks that Tony thinks he recognizes?

36. What does Cindy take out of her bag to defend herself?

37. Why won’t the car start at first when Tony keeps trying?

38. Explain what Tony does to keep them from being asphyxiated.

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39. What does he do to make the car heat up faster?

40. How much gas do they have?

41. Why hadn’t his parents been upset when he had taken off and been gone for a night before?

Ch. 642. What was unusual about the three men Cindy saw in her dream?

43. Why is she worried about Tony when she first wakes up?

44. Why has the heater stopped working?

45. Explain what happens when Cindy tries to start the car.

46. How deep is the snow?

47. Why does Cindy leave the car?

48. Why does she finally return to the car?

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Ch. 749. What is Tony’s solution for Cindy’s frostbitten feet?

50. Why does she know that is the wrong thing to do?

51. What does Cathy want Tony to do that he refuses?

52. What is Tony’s plan?

53. What does Cathy say they have to do?

54. How deep is the snow reported to be in nearby towns?

55. How deep is it in outlying areas?

56. What is Tony listing for on the radio that he doesn’t hear that disappoints him?

Ch. 857. Cathy says that everything has meaning. What very useful item has

she discovered in her backpack that makes her think that?

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58. Cathy says their first duty is to ________________ not to worry about this:

59. For what is Cathy going to use the maps and green stamps?

60. What important item for warmth does Tony find in the trunk? Cindy says they could have used this the night before.

61. Explain how Tony seals the cracks around the windows and doors.

62. What are they going to use to contain the fire?

63. Why can’t they light the fire?

64. Once again the car saves them. Specifically, what do they finally use to start the fire?

Ch. 965. What do they have for supper?

66. Explain the system that Cindy has devised to divide them up and make them last.

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67. What “food” does Tony find in the trunk? What does he do with it?

68. How do they use the green Army bag to keep warm?

69. What did Cindy put on her face to protect it from the cold? Do you think that would work? Why or why not?

70. Tony tells a story about hunting with his father and uncle. What did they shoot?

71. What does the author say the crow sounds like? What do we call that kind of comparison (saying something is like something else)?

Vocabulary: Match the words with the letters of the correct definition.

_____ 1. reluctant A. harsh; not letting up; persistent_____ 2. monotonous B. to tease or annoy; to cause pain

_____ 3. stealthily C. all together; happening at once

_____ 4. torment D. not willing; hesitant; holding back

_____ 5. relentless E. secretly

F. having no variety; tiresome

Ch. 1072. Cindy calls the steam from their breath _______________

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or _________________ _________________.

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Snowbound Study Guide73. Explain what it means when Cindy says, “I have the constitution of a

camel”.

74. For what do they use Cindy’s school books?

75. Which book does she choose first? Which would you have chosen? Why?

76. What mistake does Cindy make when Tony is out gathering wood for the fire?

77. What do they use to shred the branches into small pieces so they’ll burn better?

78. On page 79 Cindy says “Don’t you have any reverence?” The next sentence has context clues that help explain what reverence means. What are those “clues”?

79. For what do they use the evergreen branches? Why wouldn’t they use them for the fire?

80. Why does Cindy say they “ought to talk about things”?

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81. What compliment does she pay Tony?

82. What two things does Cindy say she sees in Tony’s palm?

Ch. 1183. What does Tony do after Cindy is asleep?

84. What does Tony hear when he wakes the next morning? Why is that important?

85. Explain the first way they plan to signal anyone who comes looking for them.

86. What else does Cindy suggest that do they do?

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87. What does Tony offer to Cindy when she has to get out of the car? Why?

88. What does he then do while she is gone?

89. What “bad news” starts again around noon?

90. Tony has now changed his mind about what they should do, basically agreeing with what Cindy had said from the start. What is he now thinking?

91. What item s does Cindy give Tony when he prepares to leave?

Ch. 1292. Cindy envisions that she has lost a lot of weight during their ordeal.

What kind of “diet” does she imagine telling people about?

93. What does Cindy do to occupy her time and thoughts?

94. What animal does Cindy see nibbling on something in the bushes?

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95. What are the three “ifs” Cindy chastises herself about?

96. What does Cindy use for a tea kettle?

Vocabulary Ch. 10-12Match the following words with the correct definitions._____ 1. circulation A. movement of the blood through the body

_____ 2. smolder B. rowdy; disorderly; noisy

_____ 3. ethnic origins C. an account of daily events

_____ 4. offensive D. to burn sluggishly; more smoke than flames

_____ 5. gingerly E. obnoxious; causing anger

_____ 6. artificial F. one’s background related to race and culture

_____ 7. raucous G. not real; phony; fake

_____ 8. journal H. carefully; cautiously

_____ 9. elegant I. of high quality, richness, and taste

_____10. boughs J. tree branches

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Ch. 13.97. What specific things did Tony do to help him be able to find Cindy

again?

98. How long did it take for Tony to walk one mile?

99. What did Tony do to occupy his mind while he walked?

100. Where did Tony spend his first night alone?

101.What did he use for a bed and blanket?

102.What awakens Tony from his sleep?

103.In the morning, Tony crawled out from his shelter. What did he see?

104.Tony nearly stumbled into something. What was it?Ch. 14

105.Cindy became depressed and began to do what to whom?

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106.Cindy locks all the doors in the car. Why?

107.Cindy’s fire goes out while she is sleeping. What does she discover?

108.What does Cindy do to remedy her problem? Pleas elaborate about this process.

Ch. 15109.What did Tony find while walking along the stream? Describe it.

110.What were the two things Tony did when he went in?

111.What food items did Tony find? (9 items)

112.What did Tony make for his meal?

113.How many blankets did Tony find?

114.What did Tony pack for the return trip? Why?

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Ch. 16115.Cindy thought she was hallucinating. What did she see?

116.What was Cindy’s “good news”?

117.What was the “luxury” Tony told Cindy about?

118.Cindy had a “great gastronomical experience”. What was it?

119.Cindy saw “a scrap of red in a tree”. What was it?

Ch. 17120.What do they take with them from the car? (9 pts.)

121.Why does Cindy insist on leaving a note?

122.What direction are they heading?

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123.What types of footprints does Tony point out to Cindy as they are walking? (4 pts.)

124.What do they hear that gives them some hope?

125.What is Tony’s idea of how to speed up their trip down the hill?

126.How does that turn out?

Ch. 18127. What has happened to Tony?

128.What does Cindy first find to try to help Tony walk?

129.Explain how Cindy figures out how to move Tony. (3 pts.)

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130.Where does she take him? Why?

131.When Cindy wakes that night, what does she discover near their fire?

132.What is her first reaction to them?

133.What does Cindy compare to “a black snake sliding under the rocks and ice”?

134.What is the bright stain that they see in the snow?

135.Why does Cindy walk off and leave Tony?

136.What does she see after she hears him yell and returns to where she had left him?

Ch. 19

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Snowbound Study Guide137.Why do they end up losing everything they had brought with them?

138.What do they stumble upon that gives them hope of being found?

139.When they break into the shower room, what does Tony see that astonishes him?

140.What road leads Tony and Cindy to the farmhouse?

141.Who lives there?

Ch. 20142.Why does Tony want his parents to stay in his hospital room when

everyone else leaves?

143.What does he tell them he wants to do?

144.How does this chapter show that Tony has grown up?

Ch. 21145.Why is this chapter called “The Letter”?

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146.What does Cindy mean when she says “this time we gave birth to ourselves?”

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