Three Skeleton Key

How did Three skeleton Key get its name?

• Three convicts died on there

• Three marshalls died there

• Three Lighthouses remain

• only Three people are allowed on the island at a time

What would cause the island’s name to be changed to Six Skeleton Key, as suggested by Itchoua?

• They would find 3 more people to come to the island

• 6 people would be admitted to the island

• the 3 of them could die on the island as well

• they didn't like the name to begin with

Why do the officers and crew of the first patrol boat look at the lighthouse with a horrified expression?

• Sharks are circling the island.

• The light is completely covered by a seething mass of rats.

• Sharks are hungrily devouring the rats.

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Why does the narrator take the job at Three Skeleton Key?

• He wants to set aside some money before he gets married.

• He wants to protect the lighthouse.

• He wants to watch the ships sail in the nighttime.

• He is sent there to find three escaped convicts.

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Why is it unusual for the lighthouse keepers to see a ship in their waters?

• Sailors are afraid of the Flying Dutchman.

• Sailors know that there are many rats on the island.

• The waters are treacherous.

• The island is off-limits to sailors.

Why does the narrator watch the Cornelius de Witt with tears in his eyes?

• He knows that all the men on board the ship are dead.

• He knows that the ship is about to be wrecked.

• He knows that the rats are on board the ship.

• He had once served on the ship.

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How do the rats first get inside the lighthouse?

• They dig a tunnel under the lighthouse.

• They eat a hole through the door.

• The metal sheeting that was sealing the window gives way.

• Crazed by the sight of the rats, Le Gleo opens the door.

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All of the following strategies are used to rescue the three men from the island except...

• the crew tempt the rats onto a barge filled with meat

• the lighthouse keepers set fire to the island

• the crew drench the barge with gasoline and then set it on fire

• the crew shoot any escaping rats and leave the rest to be eaten by the sharks

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What becomes of the three lighthouse attendants?

• One man returns to the key; two refuse to go back to the lighthouse.

• Two men return to Three Skeleton Key; the third man dies.

• One man returns to the key; one goes insane; one dies.

• Two men return to the island; the third man is too frightened to return.

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Which of the following is an example of foreshadowing?

• A man dreams of the three convicts' skeletons.

• Some of the rats fall into the ocean and are eaten by sharks.

• The narrator sees the Dutch ship heading for the island.

• The narrator sees a tug pulling a barge covered with raw meat.