SUMMER READING PROJECTS, 2018 FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 8 Watership Down by Richard Adams Project 1: Complete the Summary Questions (see attached sheets) PLUS Any Biography – student’s choice … with parental approval Project 2: Write a ONE PAGE ESSAY explaining some important things that you learned as you read about this person. What made an impression on you? Use examples from the story. * All projects are to be handed in on your first day back to school. NAME: DATE: SUMMER READING: WATERSHIP DOWN SUMMARY QUESTIONS This is due on the first day of school. 1. Which rabbit predicts that something terrible will happen to the warren in the beginning? (A) Hazel (B) Fiver (C) Bigwig (D) Holly 2. Which rabbit gets caught in a snare? (A) Cowslip (B) Strawberry (C) Bigwig (D) Hazel 3. Which rabbit tells great stories? (A) Hazel (B) Speedwell (C) Acorn (D) Dandelion 4. Who is the smartest of the rabbits? (A) Blackberry (B) Hazel (C) Fiver (D) Bigwig 5. Which character finds out the location of the Efrafan warren? (A) Fiver (B) Hazel (C) Kehaar (D) Bluebell 6. Which creature can fly? (A) Holly (B) Bigwig (C) Pipkin (D) Kehaar 7. Who is the leader of the Efrafan warren? (A) Campion (B) Kehaar (C) Woundwort (D) El-ahrairah 8. Who is El-ahrairah's faithful companion? (A) Woundwort (B) Hazel (C) Pipkin (D) Rabscuttle 9. Who is not a member of an Owsla? (A) Bigwig (B) Hazel (C) Campion (D) Holly 10. Who warns Hazel of the Efrafan attack? (A) Fiver (B) A mouse (C) A bird (D) A cat 11. How many rabbits are freed from the farm? (A) Two (B) Three (C) Four (D) Five 12. Why do the rabbits need more rabbits? (A) Thirty rabbits are needed for a strong warren. (B) They are preparing for war with the Efrafans. (C) They need worker rabbits to dig burrows. (D) They need does. 13. Who fights Woundwort? (A) Bigwig (B) Fiver (C) Hazel (D) Holly 14. Who tracks the rabbits on their return from Efrafa and finds their warren? (A) Woundwort (B) Kehaar (C) Campion (D) Strawberry 15. Who has the first kittens at the new warren? (A) Laurel (B) Haystack (C) Hyzenthlay (D) Clover 16. Who saves Hazel from the cat? (A) Bigwig (B) Lucy (C) Kehaar (D) Fiver 17. Who is the Fairy Wogdog? (A) El-ahrairah (B) Hazel (C) Fiver (D) Bluebell 18. Who destroys the home warren? (A) The Efrafans (B) Dogs (C) Humans (D) Stoats 19. Who gets Kehaar to offer to help the warren? (A) Hazel (B) Fiver (C) Dandelion (D) Bigwig 20. Who jumps off of the boat with Hazel? (A) Blackberry (B) Pipkin (C) Holly D) Bluebell 21. What does El-ahrairah steal from King Darzin? (A) Lettuces (B) Carrots (C) Does (D) Gold 22. Who leads the Efrafan warren in the end? (A) Holly (B) Bigwig (C) Woundwort (D) Campion 23. Who saves Hazel's life after he is shot? (A) Fiver (B) Blackberry (C) Kehaar (D) Bigwig 24. Whom does Bigwig convince to leave the Owsla with him? (A) Holly (B) Silver (C) Hazel (D) Buckthorn 25. Whom does Bigwig save from the Efrafan warren? (A) Campion (B) Clover (C) Fiver (D) Blackavar .