The Cay--Chapter 19 Quiz

What did Phillip hear in the afternoon?

• another plane flying low overhead

• more explosions

• a ship's bell

What was coming up to the east beach?

• a small boat to rescue them

• a destrowyer

• a sea plane

When Phillip and Stew Cat were taken on board, what was the only thing Phillip wanted to bring back from the cay?

• the tin box

• the knife

• the rope

Phillip tells the captain of the destroyer what ship he was on. The captain can hardly believe him since _____.

• he looks like he is crazy

• the Hato was sunk way back in April

• he is blind

Where does the ship dock?

• Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands

• Willemstad, Curacao

• San Cristobal, Panama

Where is Phillip taken when the ship docks?

• to his parents' house in Curacao

• to a Navy base

• to the hospital

What are the reactions of his parents when they fly there to see him?

• they are shocked and his mother is sorry

• they are upset that he wants to keep the cat

• they don't want him to have a knife

What happens four months later in New York?

• Phillip wakes up one morning and can see again

• Phillip has to have three surgeries, and is finally able to see

• Phillip meets Hannah Gumbs

What soes Phillip want to do someday?

• he wants to charter a schooner out of Panama and find the little cay

• he wants to write a book about Timothy

• he wants to become a meteorologist and study hurricanes