Wordly Wise Book 8 #6

Everyone on the open boat knew who was in charge. Captain Bligh allowed no __________ among the eighteen crew members. 

• calamity
• dissension
• interrogation
• anarchy

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

For days on end, the men ere soaked by tropical rainstorms. At other times, they __________ in the heat under the blazing sun.

• shackled
• elapsed
• sweltered
• assimilated

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Captain Bligh reached Timor after forty-one days at sea. He reported the _________ that had befallen his ship to the Dutch governor.

• calamity
• bizarre
• interrogation
• meticulous

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Captain Bligh was given a hero's welcome when he arrived in London. He was ____________ everywhere for his great feat of seamanship.

• shackled
• arraigned
• assimilated
• lionized

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Captain Bligh had to explain how he came to lose his ship. A _____________ inquiry was held, which found that Bligh was not responsible.

• meticulous
• imminent
• bizarre
• sweltered

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Two years passed, and the mutineers lived life undisturbed. They had married Tahitian women and were thoroughly ____________ into island life. 

• arraigned
• assimilated
• shackled
• apprehended

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

That blissful life ended with the arrival of the Pandora. The mutineers were quickly __________ and taken aboard.

• arraigned
• assimilated
• apprehended
• sweltered

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

The captain of the Pandora hoped his ____________ of the prisoners would give him a clue as to the whereabouts of Fletcher Christian.

• interrogation
• dissension
• conspiracy
• lionization

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

'The prisoners aboard the Pandora had a long sea voyage ahead of them. They would be ____________ before a navy court as soon as they reached England.

• lionized
• apprehended
• assimilated
• arraigned

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

The Pandora began to sink when it ran into a storm. Escape was difficult for the prisoners as they were ______________.

• interrogated
• shackled
• sweltered
• elapsed

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4