The Cay

Chapter 1: What is the name of the protagonist of The Cay?

• Luke Garner
• Luke Skywalker
• Phillip Enright
• Phineas Ferb

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The story set during what war?

• The American Revolution

• World War I

• World War II

• The Gulf War

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What is on Curacao that the Germans wanted to attack?

• Banana Trees

• Pencil factories

• Oil refineries

• Chick-fil-a

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CCSS.RL.8.9

“The S.S. Hato took her first bite of open sea and began to pitch gently.” (pg. 18) is an example of what literary device?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

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Which quotation below influenced Phillip's negative attitude towards black people?

• "Yes, they were different. They ate raw fish."
• "They aren't the same as you, Phillip. They are different and they live differently." 
• "A schooner will find us. And my father has ships out looking for us."
• "She started dis terrible wahr, eh, young bahss?"

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What event caused Phillip to meet Timothy?

• The German invasion of France

• Stew Cat getting lost

• Phillip's boat getting torpedoed

• Phillip losing his jacket

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What caused Phillip to lose his eye site?

• getting hit on the head

• looking at the sun

• falling in the water

• a shark

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What part of the plot does this represent?

Phillip and Timothy discover the cay and go there.

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• denouement

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What survival skill did Timothy teach Phillip?

• How to purify water
• How to skin an otter
• How to fish
• How to cut open coconuts

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What is a "cay?"

• a cat
• an island
• a war
• a storm

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