Tunnel in the Sky | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Playing Cards - When the Baxters get married, Jimmy gives this item to them as a wedding gift.

Colonel Bowie - This is Rod Walker's knife, stolen early in the survival test.

Lady Macbeth - When Rod is knocked unconscious and all of his supplies is stolen, he still has this item because it was hidden under a bandage taped to his leg.

Spear - Rod creates this object by tying his knife to the end of a stick.

Climbing Rope - When the students begin to gather together, all of this item...
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