Into the Lifeboat Reassessment

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.

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

Which statement describes the narrator's primary point of view in the selection?

• She recounts the events objectively, as though she knew that the Titanic would sink.

• She recounts the events objectively, from the perspective of those left behind.

• She recounts the events subjectively, from the perspective of her friend Ann.

• She recounts the events subjectively, as though they were happening in real time.

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

Read the sentence from paragraph 22 of the selection. Which phrase from the sentence helps the reader understand the meaning of the word illuminated?

• Surely it is all a dream

• as I looked up the side of the ship

• each deck alive with lights

• the dynamos were on the top deck

Read these sentences about the passage.

Violet Jessop was a member of the staff aboard the Titanic. The Titanic was the biggest ship in the world.

What is the best way to combine the two sentences?

• Violet Jessop was a member of the staff aboard the Titanic, which was the biggest ship in the world.

• Violet Jessop was a member of the staff aboard the Titanic, although it was the biggest ship in the world.

• Violet Jessop was a member of the staff aboard the Titanic, and was the biggest ship in the world.

• Violet Jessop was a member of the staff aboard the Titanic, that was the biggest ship in the world.

In paragraph 6, which phrase helps the reader understand the meaning of the word reluctance?

• Titanic seemed so steady

• content to bide their time

• some pointed to a light

• another ship's lights

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. (paragraph 23)

• 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)

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

What genre is Into the Lifeboat from Titanic Survivor?

• Historical

• Romance

• Memoir

• Fantasy