The Cay Chapters 1-5

Where is Phillip at the beginning of the novel?

• Home on the island of Cuaraco

• In Panama

• On a ship

• Roaming the beach

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Phillip's father is an expert in what field?

• Shipbuilding

• Infrastructure

• Weaponry

• Oil Refinery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

Which is the best description of Phillip's mother?

• Kind and generous

• Intelligent and calm

• Fearful

• Nosy

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What does Phillip mean when he says of Timothy, "His eyes were becoming mine," in Theodore Taylor's The Cay?

• Phillip needed Timothy's eyes as a lookout

• Phillip relied on Timothy to navigate their way around the island

• Phillip was losing his sight, and realized that he would have to rely on Timothy for vision.

• Phillip believed that two sets of eyes were better than one.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What brought Timothy and Phillip together?

• They were searching for food

• Timothy pulled Phillip from the water after the S.S. Hato was torpedoed by the enemy

• They were thrown overboard when the S. S. Hato was torpedoed by the enemy.

• They climbed into the same life boat after the ship was torpedoed.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Why did Timothy build a shelter on the raft for them to rest under?

• They needed to hide from the enemy

• They needed protection from nature (sun, rain, bugs).

• Timothy wanted to make the raft more comfortable

• Timothy wanted to impress Phillip with his skills.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which of the following sentences from Chapter 4 BEST supports the fact that Timothy is worried about the danger he and Phillip are in, yet Phillip is not aware of the danger?

• I was still shivering, and soon he gathered me against him, and Stew Cat came back to be a warm ball against my feet.
• I do not think he slept much during the night, but I'd been told that old people didn't sleep much anyway.
• I was thinking that it was very strange for me, a boy from Virginia, to be lying beside this giant Negro out on the ocean.
• I was amazed that any man shouldn't know his own age.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Read this sentence from Chapter 5.
After a moment of silence, I heard the sizzzle of the water as Timothy doused the torch.
Which meaning of doused is used in the sentence above?

• to plunge into water or the like; drench
• to lower (sail) quickly
• to strike or beat
• to extinguish; to put out

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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 but the names of the islands are not real
• the novel is nonfiction because it tells about real events during WWII.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Where does the story take place?

• The United States
• Europe
• The Caribbean Sea
• Germany

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3