Question

“I don’t want to tell on anybody,” Doug Smithson whispered to me. “But I think you ought

to know, Mr. Larson, that Don Crimp didn’t come all the way to school. He started with us, but

he didn’t get here.”

“Where did he go?” I asked. Doug stood beside me and moved his left bare foot on the

pine-board floor of Lonesome Valley Schoolhouse. “Is he playing hooky?” I asked.

“Yep, he’s up there on the mountaintop,” Doug said. “Go to the door and look toward the sky

and you’ll see him.”

“What’s he doing up there?” I asked in low tones. My Lonesome Valley pupils looked at one

another. And then they stared at me as they listened to our discussion. “Why doesn’t he come on

down to school?”

“He’s afraid, Mr. Larson,” Doug whispered.


1. What Doug says to Mr. Larson suggests that Doug

a) is not well liked.

b) is a poor judge of character.

c) rarely tells the truth.

d) trusts Mr. Larson.


2. The reader can see from the way he speaks that Doug is

a) bitter.

b) worried.

c) angry.

d) delighted.


3. Mr. Larson seems to be

a) too proud to care about Doug or Don.

b) interested only in teaching “the three Rs.”

c) eager to close school for the day and get home.

d) willing to listen to Doug’s story.


4. Identify the sentence in which another character tells about Don Crimp’s feelings.

a) “He started with us, but he didn’t get here.”

b) “Yep, he’s up there on the mountaintop,”

c) “What’s he doing up there?”

d) “He’s afraid, Mr. Larson,”


(PLS answer quick)

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

What Doug says to Mr. Larson suggests that Doug

d) trusts Mr. Larson.

The reader can see from the way he speaks that Doug is

b) worried.

Mr. Larson seems to be

d) willing to listen to Doug’s story.

Identify the sentence in which another character tells about Don Crimp’s feelings.

d) “He’s afraid, Mr. Larson,”