The Unsinkable Wreck of the R.M.S. Titanic CCR Test Prep

Which type of graphic would be most helpful to understand what the author saw?

• a map showing the journey of the Alvin

• a photograph of the Jason Junior

• a diagram of the Alvin

• a diagram of the Titanic

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Which detail from the passage best supports your answer to Part A?

• “and I strained to see beyond the small cone of light”

• "we peered through the windows of first-class staterooms."

• “After years of questing, I had arrived at the ship’s last resting place.”

• “we would bring along our robotic ‘swimming eyeball,’ Jason Junior.”

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What is the unstated main idea of the next-to-last paragraph?

• The Alvin had to travel slowly to see details through the water.

• Most of the Titanic’s lifeboats sank.

• When the Titanic sank, there was much commotion on the deck.

• The rich and famous passengers on the ship did not mingle with the

  third-class passengers.

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Which detail from the paragraph does not support this main idea?

• “We lifted off from the bridge and headed toward the stern.

• "In my mind’s eye I could see the deck surging with passengers”

• “From this spot port-side lifeboat No. 2 was launched—barely

  half full.”

• “Pandemonium, and over 1,500 dead”

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What is one of the author’s purposes for telling stories about the Titanic before it sank?

• to give facts about the discovery of the shipwreck

• to illustrate how the Titanic was poorly constructed

• to make the reader wonder what will happen nex

• to educate the reader about the history of the Titanic

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Which detail from the text best supports your answer to Part A?

• On the fateful night, lookout Frederick Fleet had been on duty here.”

• “I felt as though I had walked into a dream.”

• "The pings speeded up—that meant the wreck was close”

• “following the angle of the fallen foremast up toward the liner’s

  bridge.”

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Based on context clues, what is the best definition of the word “helmsman” in the following sentence?

“It was here that First Officer William Murdoch, desperate to avoid the mountain of ice that lay in the Titanic’s path, shouted to the helmsman, ‘Hard a-starboard!’’’

• someone who builds a ship

• someone who captains a ship

• someone who steers a ship

• someone who takes care of passengers on a ship

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CCSS.RI.4.4

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Which context clue from the passage helped you answer Part A?

• "down on the bridge,”

• "ship slowly began to turn”

• “grazed the liner’s side”

• “Captain E. J. Smith”

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CCSS.RI.4.4

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Which meaning of the word “arm” is used in the following sentence?

“The broken arm of a lifeboat davit hung over the side.”

• a body part of a person

• a support piece of a chair or couch

• a thin, extended part of a machine

• a specific part of an organization

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Which detail from the sentence is the best clue to the meaning of the word?

• "lifeboat davit”

• “over”

• “hung”

• “the side”

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