The Raft by S.A. Bodeen

Why was Robie in Honolulu without adult supervision?

• She ran away from home.

• She went to visit her aunt, but her aunt had to leave unexpectedly for work in Los Angeles.

• Her parents passed away.

• She missed her flight.

Where do Robie and her parents live?

• Papua New Guinea

• Midway Atoll, a group of islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

• Honolulu, Hawaii

• Los Angeles, California

Why didn't anyone know Robie was on the plane that crashed? (Check all that apply.)

• She tried calling her parents, but the phones weren't working.

• Her aunt wasn't aware that her friend Bobbi was unable to check in on her.

• Robie's name was not on the manifest.

• Robie didn't want anyone to know.

Who was on the raft with Robie, after the plane crashed, and saved her from drowning?

• Kristen

• AJ

• Max

• Larry

What type of bird is often found on Midway Atoll, what Robie often talks about?

• Pelican

• Robin

• Eagle

• Albatross

Robie has conversations with Max, while on the raft in the ocean. However, in reality, Max is dead, and she threw him overboard. How does Robie know these things about Max?

• Max is famous, everyone knows this information.

• They have been friends since they were young.

• Early on in her journey on the raft, she found his journal, and eventually starts reading it.

• He told her these things, before the plan crashed.

What type of creature did Robie need to kill, in order to put it out of it's misery of suffering?

• dolphin

• seal

• shark

• turtle

Robie is eventually rescued from the island. How does she get saved?

• Inhabitants of the island helped her get discovered.

• She was saved by the Coast Guard.

• She sent smoke signals, that were seen from a plane.

• An NOAA ship anchored at sea, lowered a boat with people on it, who came to the island, and discovered her while on the island. They brought her back to the ship for care.

When Dr. Gary was caring for Robie, she finally came to, and introduced herself. Her parents and aunt were looking for her. What did they think happened to her?

• They thought she ran away.

• They thought she got abducted by a man at the McDonald's in Honolulu.

• They thought she was on the supply flight with Max and Larry.

• They thought she went to L.A.

At the end of the book. Robie finds something in the folds of the deflated raft. What does she find?

• A flare.

• A bag of Skittles.

• Max's necklace, that contains his thumb print on one side, and Brandy's on the other.

• A book for Surviving at Sea