78 pages 2 hours read

Gary Paulsen

Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1993

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Multiple Choice

1. How does Harris’s decision to alert Knute of the fever tick, thereby beginning a chain of events that leads to his own injury, demonstrate Harris’s character?

A) It shows that he acts rashly without concern for the wellbeing of others.

B) It shows that he puts the care of other creatures before his own safety.

C) It shows that he thinks he knows more about nature than he really does.

D) It shows that he’s more concerned with showing off than working hard.

2. How does the protagonist feel when Knute carries him to the truck at the end of the long night spent in town?

A) Resentful

B) Accepted

C) Frightened

D) Numb

3. What is food’s symbolic importance in Harris and Me?

A) It represents satisfying times spent with loved ones.

B) Its scarcity reminds the reader of struggles and hardships.

C) It stands for the silent, sacred bond of family.

D) It offers an outlet for endless creativity and wonder.

4. In what way does Knute’s silence come to trouble the protagonist?

A) It makes him worry that Knute’s loneliness is worsening.

B) It makes him realize that he has disappointed Knute by lying.

C) It puzzles him and makes Knute seem unfriendly.

D) It reminds him of the way his own father treated him.

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