The Transall Saga

Part 1, Chapters 1-10

Reading Check

1. Mark is bitten by a snake. (Chapter 1)

2. Mark calls his monkey-bear friend Willie. (Chapter 4)

Short Answer

1. Mark manages to escape the dangerous buffalo-like creature by climbing a tree and manages to pull himself out of quicksand. (Chapter 2) This illustrates his quick thinking. Furthermore, Mark manages to find a food source by watching the monkey-bears (Chapter 3) and erects a safe shelter for himself in the trees. (Chapter 6)

2. Willie the monkey-bear illustrates how to open the tree rocks. Mark imitates this lesson using his knife, giving him a source of food. Furthermore, Willie communicates that Mark should sleep in a tree, which keeps Mark safe from further attacks from the buffalo-like creature. (Chapter 3)

Part 1, Chapters 11-20

Reading Check

1. Mark kills The Howling Thing to save Leeta. (Chapter 11)

2. The Tsook attack the arrow people village and enslave Mark and Leeta, among others. (Chapter 20)

Short Answer

1. Mark is disgusted by the arrow people’s raid on a neighboring village, and surprised that they did so for a few weapons and some food (

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