Q 01/05

In My Side of the Mountain, Sam Gribley runs away to which New York range, Rip Van Winkle's old haunt?

A) The Adirondacks

B) The Catskills

C) The Taconics

D) The Helderbergs

Answer · why

B) The Catskills

The Catskills hide the old Gribley farm, which Sam knows only from stories. He arrives in May with little more than a penknife, a ball of cord, an ax ...

Q 02/05

In My Side of the Mountain, Sam Gribley makes his home inside the trunk of which towering evergreen tree?

A) A white pine

B) A blue spruce

C) A balsam fir

D) A hemlock

Answer · why

D) A hemlock

A hemlock on the old Gribley land becomes Sam's shelter. He hollows it until he can sit comfortably inside, then builds a bed and, before winter, a sm...

Q 03/05

In My Side of the Mountain, what kind of bird is Frightful, which Sam Gribley trains to catch his meals?

A) A peregrine falcon

B) A red-shouldered hawk

C) A golden eagle

D) A northern goshawk

Answer · why

A) A peregrine falcon

A peregrine falcon can top 200 mph in a hunting dive, which is why Sam wants one to catch game for him. He studies hawk training at the library before...

Q 04/05

In My Side of the Mountain, the lost stranger Sam Gribley nicknames Bando turns out to hold which job?

A) Wildlife photographer

B) State forest ranger

C) College English teacher

D) Newspaper crime reporter

Answer · why

C) College English teacher

College English teacher is Bando's real calling, and he is lost rather than on the run. He stays about ten days and becomes the closest thing Sam has ...

Q 05/05

Which author, who kept 173 pets besides dogs and cats, wrote My Side of the Mountain?

A) Elizabeth George Speare

B) Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

C) Laura Ingalls Wilder

D) Jean Craighead George

Answer · why

D) Jean Craighead George

Jean Craighead George wrote and illustrated the 1959 novel herself. She drew on a childhood spent camping, foraging and training hawks with her natura...