The Cay - Chapters 1-2

Why are the islands of Aruba and Curacao important and in danger of German attack?

• They have oil and an oil refinery.

• The Germans need a base for suppl;ies in the Caribbean. Aruba and Curacao are good sources of food and water.

• Aruba and Curacao have an American munitions supply depot on the islands

• The Germans feel the large population of Caribbean soldiers will attack their native homeland.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

Read the following sentence from Chapter 1.
Like silent, hungry sharks that swim in the darkness, the German submarines arrived in the middle of the night.
The author uses the simile in this sentence to ______

• make the reader know that sharks swim in the sea around Willemstad
• to emphasize how frightening the arrival of German submarines was to the people of Willemstad
• to describe to the reader what the German submarines looked like
• to make the German submarines seem real

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Which of the following descriptions BEST explains The Cay's literary genre:

• the novel is historical fiction because the setting is during a factual event but contains fictional characters
• the novel is realistic fiction because it takes place on real islands in the Caribbean
• the novel is historical fiction because the setting is during WWII bu the names of the islands are not real
• the novel is nonfiction because it tells about real events during WWII

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Which word completes the analogy?
Refinery is to gasoline - as dairy farm is to __________

• cow
• milk
• barn
• farmer

Curacao's governor ordered that _______.

• no boats could leave the island
• all weapons on the island be turned in, so the military could attack the Germans
• no light could shine anywhere on the island
• all people obey a strict curfew and hand to be inside their homes before dark

Who is attacking the island?

• Russia
• Italy
• USA
• Germany

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is the main character's name?

• Phillip
• Henrik
• Paul
• Howrd

Where is the main character and his family originally from?

• Virginia, USA

• Willemstad, Curacao

• Paris, France

• Canada

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Where is Phillip at the beginning of the novel?

• Home on the island of Cuaraco

• In Panama

• On a ship in the Atlantic

• Roaming the beach

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What historical event is happening?

• World War II

• The Vietnam War

• World War 1

• The Civil War

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9