Question

Part 2
From Love of Life & Other Stories
By Jack London

"With my own eyes I saw, at Nulato, before the gates of the great fort, and but few days gone. I saw the Russian, Ivan, who thrust out my father's eyes, lay the lash of his dog-whip upon thee and beat thee like a dog, " said Oona. "This I saw, and knew thee for a coward. But I saw thee not, that night, when all thy people—yea, even the boys not yet hunters—fell upon the Russians and slew them all."

"Not Ivan," said Negore, quietly. "Even now is he on our heels, and with him many Russians fresh up from the sea."

Oona made no effort to hide her surprise and chagrin that Ivan was not dead, but went on:

"In the day I saw thee a coward; in the night, when all men fought, even the boys not yet hunters, I saw thee not and knew thee doubly a coward."

"Thou art done? All done?" Negore asked.

She nodded her head and looked at him askance, as though astonished that he should have aught to say.

"Know then that Negore is no coward," he said; and his speech was very low and quiet. "Know that when I was yet a boy I journeyed alone down to the place where the Yukon drowns itself in the Great Fog Sea. Even to Pastolik I journeyed, and even beyond, into the north, along the rim of the sea. This I did when I was a boy, and I was no coward. Also have I killed the great bear of the Tanana country, where no one of my people hath ever been. And I have fought with the Nuklukyets, and the Kaltags, and the Sticks in far regions, even I, and alone. These deeds, whereof no man knows, I speak for myself. Let my people speak for me of things I have done which they know. They will not say Negore is a coward."

He finished proudly, and proudly waited.

"These be things which happened before I came into the land," she said, "and I know not of them. Only do I know what I know, and I know I saw thee lashed like a dog in the day; and in the night, the men killed and were killed, I saw thee not. Also, thy people do call thee Negore, the Coward. It is thy name now, Negore, the Coward."

"It is not a good name," Old Kinoos chuckled.

"Thou dost not understand, Kinoos," Negore said gently. "But I shall make thee understand. Know that I was away on the hunt of the bear, with Kamo-tah, my mother's son. We had no meat for three days, and Kamo-tah was not strong of arm nor swift of foot. And Kamo-tah fought with a great bear. And the great bear crushed him, so, till his bones cracked like dry sticks. Thus I found him, very sick and groan

Answer 1

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Answer 2

upon the ground. And there was no meat, nor could I kill anything for him to eat.

"So I said, 'I will go to Nulato and bring food and strong men to carry thee to camp.' And Kamo-tah said, 'Go thou to Nulato and get food, but say no word of what has befallen me. And when I have eaten, and am grown well and strong, I will kill this bear. Then will I return in honor to Nulato, and no man may laugh and say Kamo-tah was undone by a bear.'

"So I gave heed to my brother's words; and when I was come to Nulato, and the Russian, Ivan, laid the lash of his dog-whip upon me, I knew I must not fight. For no man knew of Kamo-tah, sick and groaning and hungry; and had I fought with Ivan, and died, then would my brother die, too. So it was, Oona, that thou sawest me beaten like a dog.

"Then I heard the talk of the shamans and chiefs that the Russians had brought strange sicknesses upon the people, and killed our men, and stolen our women, and that the land must be made clean. As I say, I heard the talk, and I knew it for good talk, and I knew that in the night the Russians were to be killed. But there was my brother, Kamo-tah, sick and groaning and with no meat; so I could not stay and fight with the men and the boys not yet hunters.

"And I took with me meat and fish, and the lash-marks of Ivan, and I found Kamo-tah dead. Then I went back to Nulato, and, behold, there was no Nulato—only ashes where the great fort had stood, and the bodies of many men. And I saw the Russians come up the Yukon in boats, fresh from the sea, many Russians; and I saw Ivan creep forth from where he lay hid and make talk with them. And the next day I saw Ivan lead them upon the trail of the tribe. Even now are they upon the trail, and I am here, Negore, but no coward."

"This is a tale I hear," said Oona, though her voice was gentler than before. "Kamo-tah is dead and cannot speak for thee, and I know only what I know, and I must know thee of my own eyes for no coward."

Negore made an impatient gesture.

"There be ways and ways," she added. "Art thou willing to do no less than what Old Kinoos hath done?"

He nodded his head, and waited.

"As thou hast said, they seek for us even now, these Russians. Show them the way, Negore, even as Old Kinoos showed them the way, so that they come, unprepared, to where we wait for them, in a passage up the rocks. Thou knowest the place, where the wall is broken and high. Then will we destroy them, even Ivan. Our men shall fall upon them from above and either side, with spears, and arrows, and guns. And the women and children, from above, shall loosen the great rocks and hurl them down upon them. It will be a great day, for the Russians will be killed, the land will be made clean, and Ivan, even Ivan who thrust out my father's eyes and laid the lash of his dog-whip upon thee, will be killed. And when the fighting begins, it is for thee, Negore, to crawl secretly away so that thou be not slain."

"Even so," he answered. "Negore will show them the way. And then?"

"And then I shall be thy woman, Negore's woman, the brave man's woman. And thou shalt hunt meat for me and Old Kinoos, and I shall cook thy food, and sew thee warm parkas and strong, and make thee moccasins after the way of my people. And as I say, I shall be thy woman, Negore, always thy woman. And I shall make thy life glad for thee, so that all thy days will be a song and laughter, and thou wilt know the woman Oona as unlike all other women."

"Even so," said Negore.

"When thou hast shown the way, Negore," she chided him; but her eyes were soft, and warm, and he knew she looked upon him as woman had never looked before.

"It is well," he said, turning resolutely on his heel. "I go now to make talk with the chiefs, so that they may know I am gone to show the Russians the way."


Review the first paragraph in this passage. Which of the following best summarizes this section? (1 point)


Oona has heard negative reports of Negore's hunting abilities.

Oona has heard that Negore left his brother to die.

Oona saw Negore beaten and decided he was a coward.

Oona knows Negore can never live up to Ivan.

Answer 3

Oona saw Negore beaten and decided he was a coward.

This I saw, and knew thee for a coward... even the boys not yet hunters—fell upon the Russians and slew them all...

this one was tricky, Negore is described as beaten and violently abused by Ivan at the gates of Nulato, while even young boys were able to kill their pursuers. The lack of conviction to fight for himself makes Oona's observation of Negore seem cowardly.

Answer 4

thank you

Answer 5

same story
Read this sentence from the story:

"Only do I know what I know, and I know I saw thee lashed like a dog in the day; and in the night, the men killed and were killed, I saw thee not."

Which of the following offers a possible paraphrase of this sentence? (1 point)


"I know what I saw: You stood by and watched while your people were killed."

"I know what I saw: A bear killed your brother and you did nothing."

"I know what I saw: I saw you beaten, and then you didn't help fight."

"I know what I saw: I saw you beat Ivan the Terrible to the ground."

Answer 6

"I know what I saw: I saw you beaten, and then you didn't help fight."

basically the same thing I said before, the lack of conviction to fight for himself makes Oona's observation of Negore seem cowardly. Therefore these events further justify her claims of Negore's actions.

Answer 7

Part 2
From Love of Life & Other Stories
By Jack London

"With my own eyes I saw, at Nulato, before the gates of the great fort, and but few days gone. I saw the Russian, Ivan, who thrust out my father's eyes, lay the lash of his dog-whip upon thee and beat thee like a dog, " said Oona. "This I saw, and knew thee for a coward. But I saw thee not, that night, when all thy people—yea, even the boys not yet hunters—fell upon the Russians and slew them all."

"Not Ivan," said Negore, quietly. "Even now is he on our heels, and with him many Russians fresh up from the sea."

Oona made no effort to hide her surprise and chagrin that Ivan was not dead, but went on:

"In the day I saw thee a coward; in the night, when all men fought, even the boys not yet hunters, I saw thee not and knew thee doubly a coward."

"Thou art done? All done?" Negore asked.

She nodded her head and looked at him askance, as though astonished that he should have aught to say.

"Know then that Negore is no coward," he said; and his speech was very low and quiet. "Know that when I was yet a boy I journeyed alone down to the place where the Yukon drowns itself in the Great Fog Sea. Even to Pastolik I journeyed, and even beyond, into the north, along the rim of the sea. This I did when I was a boy, and I was no coward. Also have I killed the great bear of the Tanana country, where no one of my people hath ever been. And I have fought with the Nuklukyets, and the Kaltags, and the Sticks in far regions, even I, and alone. These deeds, whereof no man knows, I speak for myself. Let my people speak for me of things I have done which they know. They will not say Negore is a coward."

He finished proudly, and proudly waited.

"These be things which happened before I came into the land," she said, "and I know not of them. Only do I know what I know, and I know I saw thee lashed like a dog in the day; and in the night, the men killed and were killed, I saw thee not. Also, thy people do call thee Negore, the Coward. It is thy name now, Negore, the Coward."

"It is not a good name," Old Kinoos chuckled.

"Thou dost not understand, Kinoos," Negore said gently. "But I shall make thee understand. Know that I was away on the hunt of the bear, with Kamo-tah, my mother's son. We had no meat for three days, and Kamo-tah was not strong of arm nor swift of foot. And Kamo-tah fought with a great bear. And the great bear crushed him, so, till his bones cracked like dry sticks. Thus I found him, very sick and groaning upon the ground. And there was no meat, nor could I kill anything for him to eat.

"So I said, 'I will go to Nulato and bring food and strong men to carry thee to camp.' And Kamo-tah said, 'Go thou to Nulato and get food, but say no word of what has befallen me. And when I have eaten, and am grown well and strong, I will kill this bear. Then will I return in honor to Nulato, and no man may laugh and say Kamo-tah was undone by a bear.'

"So I gave heed to my brother's words; and when I was come to Nulato, and the Russian, Ivan, laid the lash of his dog-whip upon me, I knew I must not fight. For no man knew of Kamo-tah, sick and groaning and hungry; and had I fought with Ivan, and died, then would my brother die, too. So it was, Oona, that thou sawest me beaten like a dog.

"Then I heard the talk of the shamans and chiefs that the Russians had brought strange sicknesses upon the people, and killed our men, and stolen our women, and that the land must be made clean. As I say, I heard the talk, and I knew it for good talk, and I knew that in the night the Russians were to be killed. But there was my brother, Kamo-tah, sick and groaning and with no meat; so I could not stay and fight with the men and the boys not yet hunters.

"And I took with me meat and fish, and the lash-marks of Ivan, and I found Kamo-tah dead. Then I went back to Nulato, and, behold, there was no Nulato—only ashes where the great fort had stood, and the bodies of many men. And I saw the Russians come up the Yukon in boats, fresh from the sea, many Russians; and I saw Ivan creep forth from where he lay hid and make talk with them. And the next day I saw Ivan lead them upon the trail of the tribe. Even now are they upon the trail, and I am here, Negore, but no coward."

"This is a tale I hear," said Oona, though her voice was gentler than before. "Kamo-tah is dead and cannot speak for thee, and I know only what I know, and I must know thee of my own eyes for no coward."

Negore made an impatient gesture.

"There be ways and ways," she added. "Art thou willing to do no less than what Old Kinoos hath done?"

He nodded his head, and waited.

"As thou hast said, they seek for us even now, these Russians. Show them the way, Negore, even as Old Kinoos showed them the way, so that they come, unprepared, to where we wait for them, in a passage up the rocks. Thou knowest the place, where the wall is broken and high. Then will we destroy them, even Ivan. Our men shall fall upon them from above and either side, with spears, and arrows, and guns. And the women and children, from above, shall loosen the great rocks and hurl them down upon them. It will be a great day, for the Russians will be killed, the land will be made clean, and Ivan, even Ivan who thrust out my father's eyes and laid the lash of his dog-whip upon thee, will be killed. And when the fighting begins, it is for thee, Negore, to crawl secretly away so that thou be not slain."

"Even so," he answered. "Negore will show them the way. And then?"

"And then I shall be thy woman, Negore's woman, the brave man's woman. And thou shalt hunt meat for me and Old Kinoos, and I shall cook thy food, and sew thee warm parkas and strong, and make thee moccasins after the way of my people. And as I say, I shall be thy woman, Negore, always thy woman. And I shall make thy life glad for thee, so that all thy days will be a song and laughter, and thou wilt know the woman Oona as unlike all other women."

"Even so," said Negore.

"When thou hast shown the way, Negore," she chided him; but her eyes were soft, and warm, and he knew she looked upon him as woman had never looked before.

"It is well," he said, turning resolutely on his heel. "I go now to make talk with the chiefs, so that they may know I am gone to show the Russians the way."


Read these sentences from the story:

"It is well," he said, turning resolutely on his heel. "I go now to make talk with the chiefs, so that they may know I am gone to show the Russians the way."

Which of the following offers a summary of these sentences? (1 point)


"I am going to kill Ivan with my bare hands."

"I will ask the chiefs if I can help the Russians."

"No way am I going to help the Russians."

"Your plan is good. I'm going to do it."

Answer 8

"Your plan is good. I'm going to do it."

"As thou hast said, they seek for us even now, these Russians. Show them the way, Negore, even as Old Kinoos showed them the way, so that they come, unprepared, to where we wait for them, in a passage up the rocks. Thou knowest the place, where the wall is broken and high. Then will we destroy them, even Ivan. Our men shall fall upon them from above and either side, with spears, and arrows, and guns. And the women and children, from above, shall loosen the great rocks and hurl them down upon them. It will be a great day, for the Russians will be killed, the land will be made clean, and Ivan, even Ivan who thrust out my father's eyes and laid the lash of his dog-whip upon thee, will be killed. And when the fighting begins, it is for thee, Negore, to crawl secretly away so that thou be not slain."

This is Oona's plan to slay Ivan and the Russians, and after a few more exchanges between her and Negore, he eventually agrees. Oona does this thing where she calls Negore a coward one more time. She then offers her love if he is sucessful in killing Ivan; who killed her father. I personally think he agrees to the plan because of his love for Oona, but also to satisfy his own ego.

Answer 9

Imagine Oona never came up with her plan for Negore to lead the Russians to the passage. What would be missing from the story? (1 point)


Negore wouldn't have a way to prove his bravery.

Old Kinoos would have nothing to live for.

The hunters would have no way to find food for the village.

The reader wouldn't understand why Oona questions Negore.

Answer 10

same passage

Answer 11

Negore wouldn't have a way to prove his bravery.

She offered him the opportunity to prove himself in battle against the Russians by the crux of her plan. If there was no conflict to speak of, Negore could not show his talents when faced with such conflict. Essentially removing the bravery motive.

Answer 12

What is the effect of Oona's explaining how and when Negore should escape the fighting? (1 point)


The reader gains a greater knowledge of Native American life.

The reader gains understanding of complex battle scenes.

The reader knows she intends to be his woman after the battle.

The reader knows she really has no intention of ever being with him.

Answer 13

same passage

Answer 14

The reader knows she intends to be his woman after the battle.

I earlier stated this point "She then offers her love if he is sucessful in killing Ivan; who killed her father."

Answer 15

last one:

What is the effect of Oona refusing Negore until after the battle? (1 point)


It creates a sense of sadness in the reader.

It increases the tension in that part of the story.

It makes the reader lose interest in Oona.

It reinforces the idea that Negore is a coward.

Answer 16

It increases the tension in that part of the story.

The outcome of the battle is unknown, meaning Negore has two separate outcomes depending on his battle. In short, losing the battle would also lose Oona, which would not be good since we know he loves her. If he wins, he gets to be with her. Of course there's equal opportunities of both occurring. which makes it even more suspenseful.

Answer 17

ggmydude! Thank you so much!

Answer 18

Of course! Hope you did well

Answer 19

Oh dear I forgot one

Answer 20

Uh oh, did you submit it yet?

Answer 21

no.
From Love of Life & Other Stories
By Jack London

He had followed the trail of his fleeing people for eleven days, and his pursuit had been in itself a flight; for behind him he knew full well were the dreaded Russians, toiling through the swampy lowlands and over the steep divides, bent on no less than the extermination of all his people. He was travelling light. A rabbit-skin sleeping-robe, a muzzle-loading rifle, and a few pounds of sun-dried salmon constituted his outfit. He would have marvelled that a whole people—women and children and aged—could travel so swiftly, had he not known the terror that drove them on.

It was in the old days of the Russian occupancy of Alaska, when the nineteenth century had run but half its course, that Negore fled after his fleeing tribe and came upon it this summer night by the head waters of the Pee-lat. Though near the midnight hour, it was bright day as he passed through the weary camp. Many saw him, all knew him, but few and cold were the greetings he received.

"Negore, the Coward," he heard Illiha, a young woman, laugh, and Sun-ne, his sister's daughter, laughed with her.

Black anger ate at his heart; but he gave no sign, threading his way among the camp-fires until he came to one where sat an old man. A young woman was kneading with skillful fingers the tired muscles of his legs. He raised a sightless face and listened intently as Negore's foot crackled a dead twig.

"Who comes?" he queried in a thin, tremulous voice.

"Negore," said the young woman, scarcely looking up from her task.

Negore's face was expressionless. For many minutes he stood and waited. The old man's head had sunk back upon his chest. The young woman pressed and prodded the wasted muscles, resting her body on her knees, her bowed head hidden as in a cloud by her black wealth of hair. Negore watched the supple body, bending at the hips as a lynx's body might bend, pliant as a young willow stalk, and, withal, strong as only youth is strong. He looked, and was aware of a great yearning, akin in sensation to physical hunger. At last he spoke, saying:

"Is there no greeting for Negore, who has been long gone and has but now come back?"

She looked up at him with cold eyes. The old man chuckled to himself after the manner of the old.

"Thou art my woman, Oona," Negore said, his tones dominant and conveying a hint of menace.

She arose with catlike ease and suddenness to her full height, her eyes flashing, her nostrils quivering like a deer's.

"I was thy woman to be, Negore, but thou art a coward; the daughter of Old Kinoos mates not with a coward!"

She silenced him with an imperious gesture as he strove to speak.

"Old Kinoos and I came among you from a strange land. Thy people took us in by their fires and made us warm, nor asked whence or why we wandered. It was their thought that Old Kinoos had lost the sight of his eyes from age; nor did Old Kinoos say otherwise, nor did I, his daughter. Old Kinoos is a brave man, but Old Kinoos was never a boaster. And now, when I tell thee of how his blindness came to be, thou wilt know, beyond question, that the daughter of Kinoos cannot mother the children of a coward such as thou art, Negore."

Again she silenced the speech that rushed up to his tongue.

"Know, Negore, if journey be added unto journey of all thy journeyings through this land, thou wouldst not come to the unknown Sitka on the Great Salt Sea. In that place there be many Russian folk, and their rule is harsh. And from Sitka, Old Kinoos, who was Young Kinoos in those days, fled away with me, a babe in his arms, along the islands in the midst of the sea. My mother dead tells the tale of his wrong; a Russian, dead with a spear through breast and back, tells the tale of the vengeance of Kinoos.

"But wherever we fled, and however far we fled, always did we find the hated Russian folk. Kinoos was unafraid, but the sight of them was a hurt to his eyes; so we fled on and on, through the seas and years, till we came to the Great Fog Sea, Negore, of which thou hast heard, but which thou hast never seen. We lived among many peoples, and I grew to be a woman; but Kinoos, growing old, took to him no other woman, nor did I take a man.

"At last we came to Pastolik, which is where the Yukon drowns itself in the Great Fog Sea. Here we lived long, on the rim of the sea, among a people by whom the Russians were well hated. But sometimes they came, these Russians, in great ships, and made the people of Pastolik show them the way through the islands uncountable of the many-mouthed Yukon. And sometimes the men they took to show them the way never came back, till the people became angry and planned a great plan.

"So, when there came a ship, Old Kinoos stepped forward and said he would show the way. He was an old man then, and his hair was white; but he was unafraid. And he was cunning, for he took the ship to where the sea sucks in to the land and the waves beat white on the mountain called Romanoff. The sea sucked the ship in to where the waves beat white, and it ground upon the rocks and broke open its sides. Then came all the people of Pastolik, (for this was the plan), with their war-spears, and arrows, and some few guns. But first the Russians put out the eyes of Old Kinoos that he might never show the way again, and then they fought, where the waves beat white, with the people of Pastolik.

"Now the head-man of these Russians was Ivan. He it was, with his two thumbs, who drove out the eyes of Kinoos. He it was who fought his way through the white water, with two men left of all his men, and went away along the rim of the Great Fog Sea into the north. Kinoos was wise. He could see no more and was helpless as a child. So he fled away from the sea, up the great, strange Yukon, even to Nulato, and I fled with him.

"This was the deed my father did, Kinoos, an old man. But how did the young man, Negore?"

Write a paragraph, including a topic sentence and supporting details, to answer the following question:

What are the key elements of this story that help to build suspense? Use specific details from the narrative to support your answer. (1 point)

Answer 22

it's a long one

Answer 23

I don't like writing very much I wish I did.

Answer 24

I wish you could review the whole test

Answer 25

Suspense is built in certain areas of the story. Specifically in Negore's situation. At the beginning, we are told Negore is a coward because of his lack of conviction. He is called "Negore, the Coward," by Illiha, a young woman, and Sun-ne, his sister's daughter, while laughing. We are unsure of Negore's ability to fight since he is infamously known as a coward. This sense of mystery clouds over the fight with the Russians. Previously mentioned to be fierce and intimidating, "and sometimes the men they took to show them the way never came back." Even a bravely described man named Old Kinoos " fled away from the sea, up the great, strange Yukon, even to Nulato." The fact an infamously brave solider was overcome by the Russians makes Negore's odds look bleak. As the reader, we can't help but wonder how Negore the Coward will fair against those weighted chances. Which, in return, gives us the anticipation and suspense as built throughout the story.

Answer 26

Thank you thank you!!

Answer 27

No problem!

Answer 28

another test

Answer 29

Create a paraphrase of the following sentence from "The Cold Equations:"
She held the letters out to him. "Will you take care of these and see that they're enveloped and mailed?" (10 points)

Answer 30

She gave him the letters, asking for them to be closed and mailed responsibly.

Answer 31

Thank you.
How about this one:

Create a paraphrase of the following sentence from "The Cold Equations:" (10 points)
She belonged in that world of soft winds and warm suns, music and moonlight and gracious manners and not on the hard, bleak frontier.

Answer 32

She is better suited for the life of leisure, not the daily battle of the front lines.

Answer 33

If you need to better understand what you have read, what can you do? (5 points)

Discuss what you read with friends.

Keep rereading it several times over.

Stop thinking about it and move on.

Read other literature that is similar.

Answer 34

Discuss what you read with friends.
Keep rereading it several times over.

both of these are good answers, am I supposed to pick just one?

Answer 35

I thought so too. It only allows one answer

Answer 36

If you need to better understand what you have read, what can you do?

reading the question over again, it's definitely Discuss what you read with friends.

It says "better understand" not "help to understand" meaning you already have good comprehension of the passage. Another persons perspective could add additional insight into a story which enhances your field of literary vision.

Answer 37

great

Answer 38

Why do some people keep diaries and journals? (5 points)

Diaries are considered important by literary individuals.

Diaries help people find strong, incriminating evidence.

Diaries allow writers to tell stories about what they have done.

Diaries keep track of useful information for later review.

Answer 39

Diaries allow writers to tell stories about what they have done.

this is basically what a diary is? it's just a collection of events you've experienced at a point in time. More often then not, they go over emotions the writer is feeling. So it's hard to explain why others keep diaries. The most common sense answer is this one. Yet, it could be another answer based on the subjective nature of this question. It's a bad question with no real answer, i've always disliked those sort of questions.

Answer 40

Thank you. Have to sleep now. Good night and thank you very much!

Answer 41

You're welcome, best of luck again!

Answer 42

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