Into the Lifeboat Formative

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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6.RI.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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6.RI.3

Read the sentences from paragraph 15 of the selection.

Looking along the length of the ship, I noticed the forward part of her was lower now, much lower! For a fraction of a second, my heart stood still, as is often the case when faith, hitherto unshaken faith, gets its first setback.

These lines reflect the narrator’s —

• distraction by unimportant details

• sense of time passing

• faith that all will be fine

• first feelings of alarm

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6.RI.5

To which column does each quote from the selection belong? Write the letter of the quote in the correct column.

Groups:

(a) Description of the Lifeboat

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(b) Description of the Titanic

• Only three decks now, and still not a list to one side or the other (paragraph 27)

• the women in the boat started to weep (paragraph 27)

• She was getting lower in the water (paragraph 26)

• a bone-cracking thud which started the baby crying in earnest (paragraph 23)

• the boat descended a fearful distance into that inky blackness beneath
  (paragraph 21)

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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)

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6.RI.5

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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6.RI.6

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

PART A:

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.

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PART B:

Which two sentences from the selection best support the answer to Part A?

• Boats were now being lowered more rapidly and a crowd of foreigners was brought up by a steward from the third class. (paragraph 13)

• One of the mailmen from our sorting office joined us. (paragraph 16)

• I nearly fell over the tackle and oars as I tried to assist Ann in beside me. (paragraph 18)

• We touched the water with a terrific thud, a bone-cracking thud which started the baby crying in earnest. (paragraph 23)

• Only three decks now, and still not a list to one side or the other. (paragraph 27)

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What is conveyed by the details about the baby in paragraphs 19-20 of the selection? Cite evidence from the text to support your answer.

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