The Most Beautiful Roof in the World, Chapter 2, Pages 5-6

Read or listen to the first six pages of Chapter 2. What does Meg have planned for her sons? They can have Oreos with lunch. The boys can complete their homework. They can climb into the canopy using child-sized harnesses. They can spend the night at their uncle's cabin. Read the text below and then answer the questions that follow. "Meg is fast. Within a few short minutes she has ascended 80 feet. Then the metal ladders fixed to the Ormosia tree run out; for the next 15 feet the real climbing begins. Metal staples project from the tree trunk. These are the footholds. For the unpracticed they are scary. They seem spaced out too far apart for easy stepping. There is a rhythm. A climber must clip the safety lines securely to wires strung above and then step. Clip, step, unclip one jumar. Clip, step, unclip again. It is a mosaic of hand- and footwork until Meg is perhaps 95 feet above the ground and approaching the first platform. Meg swings herself onto the platform with the seeming ease of a spider monkey negotiating canopy vines. Now she is at the beginning of the walkway." What evidence does the author provide to support the claim "Meg is fast" ? For the unpracticed they are scary. Then the metal ladders fixed to the Ormosia tree run out; for the next 15 feet the real climbing begins. Meg swings herself onto the platform with the seeming ease of a spider monkey negotiating canopy vines. Within a few short minutes she has ascended 80 feet. What does the author mean by "the real climbing begins" from this sentence?"Then the metal ladders fixed to theOrmosia tree run out; for the next 15 feet the real climbing begins." Without the ladder, the climbing becomes trickier. The scientists begin climbing rocks after the ladder ends. The tree is hard to climb. Where do the climbers put their feet after moving off the ladder? Metal wires Rope steps Metal staples Notches inside the tree trunk What is the effect of having the metal staples positioned so far apart? It is harder to climb. It can be scary for new climbers because the footholds seem to far apart. The tree trunk can be damaged. There is more room for climbers to rest between steps. What are the three steps in the climbing rhythm? There is a rhythm. A climber must clip the safety lines securely to wires strung above and then step. Clip, step, unclip one jumar What does the word "mosaic" mean in this sentence?"It is a mosaic of hand- and footwork until Meg is perhaps 95 feet above the ground and approaching the first platform." a dance a rhythm a pattern a puzzle What is Meg being compared to at the end of this passage?"Meg swings herself onto the platform with the seeming ease of a spider monkey negotiating canopy vines. Now she is at the beginning of the walkway." canopy walkway monkey platform What was the gist of this passage? How Meg gets from the ground to the first walkway How easy it is for Meg to climb How Meg moves like a monkey The challenges her sons will face will climbing