Question

On a Mountain Trail
by Harry Perry Robinson
A surprise
attook
find out about them or com
on purpose of
We had no warning. It was as if they had deliberately lain in ambush for us at the turn in the trail. They
seemed suddenly and silently to rise on all sides of the sleigh at once. It is not often that the gray timber-
wolves, or "black wolves," as the mountaineers call them, are seen hunting in packs, though the animal is
plentiful enough among the foot-hills of the Rockies. At the end of a long and severe winter, however, they
sometimes come together in bands of fifteen or twenty. It was in February, and we, Gates and I, were
driving from Livingston, Montana, to Gulch City, fifty miles away, with a load of camp supplies-a barrel of
flour and some bacon, coffee, and beans; a blanket or two, and some dynamite for blasting; a few picks and
shovels, and other odds and ends. We had started at daybreak. By five o'clock in the evening, with some ten
miles more to travel, the worst of the trail was passed. At last we were clear of the foot-hills and reached the
level. However, when both animals shied violently to the left side of the trail.
Then, out of the earth and the shadow of the bushes, the grin, dark forms seemed to rise on all sides of us.
There was not a sound not a snap or a snarl: we saw them moving noiselessly in the uncertain light, and
moving as rapidly as we did, it was impossible to guess how many they were. So, on both sides of us, they
kept appearing and disappearing. They might be twenty in all or thirty or forty. It was impossible to tell. For
a minute I did not think of danger. At the first sight of the wolves, I had drawn my revolver, Gates, handling
the reins, was entirely occupied with the horses; but I knew, without need of words, that he saw our pursuers
and understood the peril as well as I So the minutes passed and we swept on, rising and falling and swaying
with the inequalities in the trail.
Suddenly I became aware that a wolf was almost at my elbow: In the darkness I could plainly see the white
teeth, and the dim circle of the eyes.
Answer each question.
1. What was writer telling about the wolves?
2. At what time had they started and how many miles had they covered?
4. When did they know that the wolves were in the bushes?
5. What did they do when they saw the wolves?
6. Use an online dictionary to find out the literal meanings of the following words:
a. deliberately
b. ambush
c. trail​

Answer 1

Answer:

On a Mountain Trail

by Harry Perry Robinson

A surprise

attook

find out about them or com

on purpose of

We had no warning. It was as if they had deliberately lain in ambush for us at the turn in the trail. They

seemed suddenly and silently to rise on all sides of the sleigh at once. It is not often that the gray timber-

wolves, or "black

Explanation:

wolves, or "black wolves," as the mountaineers call them, are seen hunting in packs, though the animal is

plentiful enough among the foot-hills of the Rockies. At the end of a long and severe winter, however, they

sometimes come together in bands of fifteen or twenty. It was in February, and we, Gates and I, were