The Mystery of the Mary Celeste

Which of the following statements is false?

• the mary celeste's passengers were never found

• the mary celeste set off in november

• there were ten people on board

• it began the voyage in italy

• members of the captain's family were on board

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

according to the text, how did the dei gratia's crew know that the mary celeste had been missing for a while?

• the log book had only been filled out a few times

• the ship didn't look as if it had been lived in for a long time

• it had been over a week since the log book had been filled out

• someone had written the date that they left in the log book

• the lifeboat was nowhere in sight on the ocean

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

why do you think the text questions "why" the lifeboat was missing?

• the lifeboat was damaged so it wasn't fit to travel in.

• there was no obvious reason for the crew to abandon the ship

• the lifeboat was too small to fit everyone inside

• the storm had been too bad to risk leaving the ship

• there was no land nearby, so the crew shouldn't have left the ship

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

which of the following did the dei gratia's crew not discover when they boarded the mary celeste?

• some of the tools used for navigating were missing

• water had flooded into the lower part of the ship

• there was food left on the ship

• the passengers had abandoned their possessions

• the logbook was missing some pages

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?

• how long the mary celeste was at sea before it was located

• where the mary celeste was found

• who was in charge of writing the mary celeste's log book

• where the possessions of the mary celeste's crew were discovered

• what the dei gratia's crew might have gained from finding the ship

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

"other theories have stayed afloat over time" line 20. This suggests that:

• a lot of people believe the passengers left the ship due to a leak

• experts cant decide which theory is the most believable

• a number of theories still haven't been proved wrong

• some theories don't have any evidence to support them

• a lot of the theories contradict each other

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

which of the following is not mentioned in the text as a theory?

• the mary celeste was attacked by a sea creature

• the mary celeste was heading for a whirlpool, so the crew jumped out

• the crew of the MC were taken by aliens

• the MC as invaded by the crew from the dei gratia

• the crew left the MC because of a waterspout

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

according to the text, why is it difficult to come to a conclusion about what happened on the MC?

• there is not enough information about how well made the ship was

• people won't stop coming up with unlikely theories

• a lot of evidence has been destroyed

• there is no evidence from anyone who saw what happened

• we have no way of knowing what the weather was like at the time

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CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.1

which of these words is closest in meaning to 'plausible'?

• persuasive

• intriguing

• reasonable

• calculated

• complicated

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

the word "indicated" (line 16) could be most accurately replaced by:

• estimated

• suggested

• recommended

• emphasised

• intensified

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4