JHEnglish_SeaDevilQuiz

In the opening of the story, we learn that "The Sea Devil"...

• ...takes place in Vermont, and is about a child who loves the sea.

• ...is set on board the good ship "Tasmania," where the sailors have fallen ill from a mysterious illness.

• ...unfolds in late September; the central character is a Florida man who works with his head, not his hands.

• ...is the name of a skiff used for lagoon fishing.

Early on, we are told that the central character likes cast fishing at night because...

• ...the mullet are fat now and make a good meal.

• ...the neighbors also go out at night, and fishing is fun with company.

• ...a cast net is heavy, and this shows the fish how strong he really is.

• ...it has a reality that seems to be missing from daily life and work in the 20th century.

Why does the author tell us the story of the baby porpoise?

• He wants to say that the man is a hunter, but he is not cruel.

• The porpoise that hits the giant ray with its tail near the end of the story is the granddaughter of that baby porpoise.

• The man worries that a porpoise will eat all of the mullet, because porpoises are known to be greedy.

• He is showing the ready early on that this story is not humorous.

"Now at last he knew how the fish must feel when the linge tightens and drags him toward the alien element that is his doom." This means...

• ...the man finally realizes how frightening it is to meet an alien.

• ...at last he knows how a fish feels as it is reeled in, to be pulled up into the air where it can't breathe and will die.

• ...he finally understands the expression, "fish or cut bait."

• ...now he knows why his mother shouted, "Take swimming lessons!"

Which event happened first?

• He decided he would wait until he saw two swirls close together.

• The mullet slapped convulsively with its tail. The man picked it up, and let it go.

• He culd last another forty or fifty seconds; and then the red flashes behind his eyes would merge into darkness.

• The man went into the garage, where his cast net hung.

Which event happened second?

• He decided he would wait until he saw two swirls close together.

• The mullet slapped convulsively with its tail. The man picked it up, and let it go.

• He culd last another forty or fifty seconds; and then the red flashes behind his eyes would merge into darkness.

• The man went into the garage, where his cast net hung.

Which event happened third?

• He decided he would wait until he saw two swirls close together.

• The mullet slapped convulsively with its tail. The man picked it up, and let it go.

• He culd last another forty or fifty seconds; and then the red flashes behind his eyes would merge into darkness.

• The man went into the garage, where his cast net hung.

Which event happened last?

• He decided he would wait until he saw two swirls close together.

• The mullet slapped convulsively with its tail. The man picked it up, and let it go.

• He culd last another forty or fifty seconds; and then the red flashes behind his eyes would merge into darkness.

• The man went into the garage, where his cast net hung.

When people are faced with death, it is said that "their life passes before them." When the main character is dragged by the giant ray, he sees images of ...

• ...his brand new car, which he'll never get to drive now.

• ...the stock market pages from the "Wall Street Journal."

• ...the front lawn, which he has just mowed.

• ...his wife at home, reading and waiting for his return, and of the mullet in the skiff gasping its life away.

The "exposition" comes at...

• ...the beginning.

• ...the end.

• ...the middle.

• None of the Above