The Missing Divers

Which of the statements below is the main idea of the article, "The Missing Divers" ?

• Jeff Wandich took four hours to swim to a light tower after his boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico.

• When their boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico, four divers tried to swim to a light tower. Only one made it. The others are missing.

• Four men found out that diving was harder than they thought it would be when they took their boat in the Gulf of Mexico.

• Four men sank their boat. They got lost...The End

The four men went diving so they could

• look at an old ship on the ocean floor.

• get a good look at the fish and other sea animals.

• find something they has lost.

• look for buried treasure.

After their boat sank, the men tried to swim to a

• big ship that was passing.

• town by the ocean.

• light tower they could see.

• palace under the sea.

Jeff went away from his friends so they would

• not see him cry.

• leave him in the ocean alone.

• think he was dead.

• think he got help without them.

The families of the missing men offered

• $300, 000 to anyone who could help find them.

• $200, 000 to anyone who could help find them.

• $100, 000 to anyone who could help find them.

• $100 to anyone who could help find them.

Which of the following sentences below would be considered a conclusion or an inference drawn from the article?

• Jeff did not really care what the other divers thought of him.

• The Coast Guard keeps looking until missing people are found.

• Swimming in the sea with four-foot waves is very hard.

Which of the statements below is an inference, or conclusion that can be made from the article?

• The men were probably tired even before their boat sank.

• The men thought that swimming to the light tower would be fun.

• It would be easier for the friends to swim to land instead of swimming to the light tower.

Which group of words has the closest meaning of the word in the sentence?

Standing at the top of the TOWER, you could see the whole town below you.

• a building that is short and wide.

• a building that is tall but not wide

• the part of the building that is below the ground.

• the white house.

Which group of words has the closest meaning to the word CHOICE?

• The right to choose

• a problem

• a funny story

• a part of a dinosaur

Carrying a heavy sack of potatoes, the farmer PLUGGED along the road to town.

What word or group of words has the closest meaning to the word PLUGGED?

• ate

• danced

• kept doing something.

• dropped items