The Cay - Chapter 4 4th hour

Which statement BEST summarizes Chapter 4?

• Lost at Sea
• Phillip Becomes Blind
• Rations
• A Chilling Night

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What was a way Timothy was kind to Phillip?

• He kept him warm at night.
• He gave him fresh orange juice.
• He gave him medicine for his headache.
• He let him drink all the water he wanted.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

How old does Timothy think he is?

• 40

• 75

• little more dan 60

• 37

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What happens to Phillip when his headache goes away?

• Nothing happens to him.

• He is left deaf.

• He cannot taste anything.

• He is left blind.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

In Chapter 4 of The Cay, what do we learn about Timothy's parents?

• He never knew them.

• They were from Africa.

• His mother was named Hannah Gumbs.

• They were from America.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

In Chapter 4 of The Cay, why does Phillip have a headache?

• He looked at the sun.

• He was hit on the head with a timber from the ship.

• He is thirsty.

• The raft is too noisy.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

What did Timothy say about Phillip's condition?

• It was permanent.

• I was not a big deal.

• It was temporary.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Read the following paragraphs.
"Look at d'sun." he ordered.  His hands pointed my face.  I felt the strong warmth against it, but everything was black.  The silence seemed to last forever as he held my face toward the sun.  Then a long, shuddering sigh came from his great body.  He said, very gently, "Now, young bahss, you mus' lie downg an'rest.  What 'as happen will go 'way.  'Tis all natural temporary," But his voice was hallow.
Why does Timothy become quiet at this point in the story?

• Timothy is thinking about the supplies he and Phillip must carefully ration.
• Timothy is trying to think of the medical training he had while in Barbados.
• Timothy is worrid that Phillip's blindness may not go away.
• Timothy is wishing he had not saved Phillip's life by pulling him into the raft.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

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.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

Where does Phillip think Timothy is from?

• Africa

• Denmark

• Mississippi

• Curacao

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6