Into the Lifeboat from Titanic Survivor Selection Test

Why was the baby forgotten?

• They didn't want him

• Due to all the chaos and frantic people

• He was to be adopted

• It was on purpose

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

11. Which quote from the passage uses a simile to describe the conditions on the night the Titanic sank?

• Groaning, the boat descended a fearful distance into that inky blackness beneath, intensified as the lights fell on it occasionally. (paragraph 21)

• We touched the water with a terrific thud, a bone-cracking thud which started the baby crying in earnest.

• A tiny breeze, the first we had felt on this calm night, blew an icy blast across my face; it felt like a knife in its penetrating coldness. (paragraph 29)

• One awful moment of empty, misty blackness enveloped us in its loneliness, then an unforgettable, agonizing cry went up from 1500 despairing throats . . . (paragraph 30

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Read this sentence. Violet Jessop was a member of the staff aboard the Titanic the biggest ship in the world. How should the sentence be corrected?

• Add a comma after staff.

• Add a comma after Titanic.

• Add a comma after ship.

• No change should be made.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which phrase helps the reader understand why people were reluctant?

• Titanic seemed so steady

• content to bide their time

• some pointed to a light

• another ship's lights

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The author wrote this selection most likely to -

• record her personal experience during an important event

• inform the reader about the key details of an important event

• reveal the untold truth about an important event

• convince the reader to agree with her opinion about an important event

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

In paragraph 7 of the selection, how do passengers react when they are asked to board lifeboats?

• Most passengers decline to board lifeboats, believing that the ship will not sink.

• Most passengers board lifeboats in an orderly way, following the crew's instructions.

• Some passengers eagerly board lifeboats, while others need encouragement.

• Some passengers refuse to board lifeboats, while others ignore directions from the crew.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the most likely reason the author includes her observations in paragraph 3?

• To express her own feelings about the events

• To describe how best to respond in an emergency situation

• To show how passengers and crew first reacted when the ship began to sink

• To introduce characters who will be important later in the selection

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Read this sentence. This passage, which was written in the early twentieth century, describes the sinking, of the Titanic from one crew member's perspective. How should the sentence be corrected?

• Delete the comma after passage.

• Delete the comma after century.

• Delete the comma after sinking.

• No change should be made.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Read the sentences from paragraph 15 of the selection. These lines reflect the narrator's -

• observations on the deck

• sense of time passing

• faith that all will be fine

• first feelings of alarm

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Why were men throwing supplies like deck chairs and wooden things off the boat?

• they were bored

• for fun

• For floating devices

• to make the ship lighter

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1