Into the Dark Water Quiz

Which Detail does NOT support the claim that Jack Thayer came from a wealthy family?

• He was a first-class passenger

• He was returning from a European vacation,

• There were nearly a thousand second- and third-class passengers on board.

• He mingled easily with the Titanic's rich and powerful.

The structure of the section "Unsinkable" could BEST be described as -

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• sequential

The author writes that the iceberg's "jagged fingers had clawed through the steel hull." What literary device is the author using?

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

• synecdoche

Information about the Titanic's beautiful bathhouse would be best inserted into which section?

• the introduction

• "The Coward of the Titanic"

• "Lost in the Crowd"

• the caption on page 8

The author says the telegraph was a precursor to the telephone because -

• telegraphs were used on most ocean liners.

• the telegraph enabled people to send messages.

• it led to the invention of the telephone.

• it was invented after the telephone.

Consider this sentence from the article:

"There are an array of luxurious amenities, many of which had never been offered on a ship before."

In which sentence does array have the same meaning as in the sentence above?

• Martha arrayed herself in velvet and pearls.

• The array of items on the menu is impressive!

• The general glazed over the array of troops.

• The table is arrayed with flowers and candles.

You can infer from the line "Little by little, the terrible wailing faded" that -

• the Titanic had finally sunk.

• Jack's boat had drifted too far to hear it.

• the people in the water had died.

• the people in the water had been rescued.

The author's purpose in writing this article is -

• to convince people of J. Bruce Ismay's treachery.

• to warn people about the perils of sea travel.

• to celebrate one of the greatest ships ever built.

• to describe a disaster through the experience of a teenager who was there.