Rogue Wave

1. What makes rogue waves especially dangerous? RL1

• A. They travel great distances. 
• B. They are driven by winds. 
• C. They cannot be predicted. 
• D. They occur in warm waters. 

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2. What evidence in the text supports the inference that Sully was a competent sailor? RL1     

• A. Scoot thought he was a good teacher.      
• B. He’d been around boats for most of his life. 
• C. He’d borrowed the boat from a family friend. 
• D. He thought the Sea Dog was the best in her category. 

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3. What gave Sully hope that Scoot could survive for some time in the cabin? RL1       

• A. The Sea Dog was heavy and sturdy. 
• B. There was enough room to stand and walk around.            
• C. There was at least a three-foot air pocket. 
• D. The hatch doors were still closed. 

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4. How did Sully communicate with Scoot to escape through the skylight?   RL 1

• A. He pounded his fists on the hull. 
• B. He used mental telepathy.        
• C. He repeatedly screamed for her to try the skylight. 
• D. He tapped on the skylight. 

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5. Which word best describes Sully’s feelings while he was diving repeatedly, trying to free Scoot? RL 3

• A. confused
• B. resentful
• C. confident
• D. frustrated 

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6. Scoot began to feel certain that she’d survive when. . .  RL 3

• A. she remembered the flashlight. 
• B. she heard Sully pounding. 
• C. she came out of shock. 
• D. she found the toolbox. 

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7. What happens after Scoot awakens and realizes she is trapped and the boat is upside down. RL 3

• A. Sully tries to use mental telepathy by repeating “Skylight” in hopes Scoot will find the will to save herself and realize it’s the only way out. 
• B. Scoot receives her brother’s mental message and realizes what she has to do. She finds an emergency flashlight and a wrench and makes several attempts to unscrew each of the brass dogs on the skylight. 
• C. Scoot finds a knife and uses it to tap on the hull. Sully hears her and pounds back with his fists. They call out to each other, but neither of them hear each other’s voices. 
• D. Scoot unfastens the last brass dog of the skylight and pushes herself through to the ocean. 

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8. How did the setting have a similar effect on BOTH characters? RL3 

• A. It caused them both to be trapped in the galley. 
• B. It caused them both to be badly injured. 
• C. It caused them both to be persistent. 
• D. It caused them both to learn how to sail. 

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9. How did the setting affect the characters in different ways? RL3

• A. Scoot was helpful; Sully was scared. 
• B. Scoot was helpless; Sully had to rely on himself. 
• C. Sully was helpful; Scoot was scared
• D. Sully was helpless; Scoot had to rely on herself. 

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10. Which evidence below BEST supports the theme: When you are faced with adversity, or misfortune, you must find it within yourself to persevere. RL 2

• A. "Scoot has seen a toolbox under the companionway steps and went back to try and find it."
• B. "She tried to turn it, but it was too tight for her muscles and she rose up to breathe again. 
• C. "Four times Scoot needed to dive, once for each dog; and working underwater was five times as difficult."
• D. "On her sixth dive, Scoot found a way to brace her feet against the ceiling ribs. She pushed with all her strength, and this time the window opened." 

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