G11A Final Exam will be on Friday 11/6/2021 between 11:30am and 12:50am

What to study?

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Building the Transcontinental railroad

To build a fire

Study Literary all literary devices learned thus far.

Practice questions on what to expect

Understand imagery and be able to give examples.

Understand Colloquialism and be able to example.

Understand Hyperbole and be able to give examples

Understand oxymoron be able to give examples

Understand the Homestead Act

Know the setting and the man’s surroundings as he is being

Understand the American civil war

Understand basic details about the transcontinental railroad

Understand all those involved in the building of the transcontinental railroad

Why did the United States want to build the transcontinental railroad?

What factors made the Union Pacific’s construction move more quickly?

What difficulties were there during the construction of the railroad?

In which direction or directions was the railroad built?

In what California city was the railroad’s western end?

Why did some workers leave the Central Pacific construction?

What groups of people made up many of the railroad workers?

Immigrants from different countries helped to build the railroad, especially Chinese
workers.

To Build a Fire

What is the total length of the trail mentioned in paragraph two?

Why may the man’s lack of imagination be a serious flaw?

What experiment does the man perform to measure the temperature?

How is the dog’s reaction to the cold different than the man’s? Why is it different?

Before this man, when was the trail last used? Why may this be so important?

in paragraph 9 Comment on these lines “He was not much given to thinking…” and
“Empty as the man’s mind was of thoughts…”

What precaution has the man failed to take?

What happens to the dog when it got its paws wet?

What is happening to the man’s fingers and toes?.

What do we learn about past generations of man that is different from past generations
of wolves?

What had the old-timer on Sulpher Creek told him the previous fall?

How does the man react to the old-timer’s advice once he gets the fire going?

In paragraph 10 What does the author mean by this sentence? “The wires were pretty
much down between him and his finger ends

What mistake did the man make when he chose the location for his fire?
What does the dog do which shows that it is in no danger from the intense cold?

How is the man’s opinion of the old-timer different towards the end of the story?

When the man fails to build a fire, what sick wild idea does he get?

What must the man do when he first stands up? Why?

In his panic, what does the man do?

As the man sits and rests, what strange sensation does he feel?

*Make sure you review all Literary Devices studied in previous Lessons

*Read and Reread the Building the TTR, To build a fire, and Owl creek Bridge

*In the open ended questions do not give me one or two word answers