INTO THE LIFEBOAT

The author wrote this text to —

• express her opinion about a time in history

• 
  inform readers about how she survived the Titanic

• explain exactly why the Titanic sank

• explain exactly why the Titanic sank

Showing reluctance is to do something means you are unwilling. In paragraph 6, which phrase helps the reader understand the meaning of the word reluctance?

• another ship's lights

• content to bide their time

• Titanic seemed so steady

• some pointed to a light

The author includes information about what others were doing before she got on the lifeboat in order to —

• describe how everyone was worried about their clothes

• 
  give a specific example of how to get on a lifeboat

• show how many didn’t realize the ship would sink

• 
  entertain readers with interesting facts

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

Read this sentence about the passage.

"This passage, which was written in the early twentieth century, describes the sinking of the Titanic, from one crew member’s perspective."

How can this sentence be corrected?

• The first comma should be deleted from the sentence.

• The third comma should be deleted from the sentence.

• The second comma should be deleted from the sentence.

• This sentence is already correct, and no changes are needed.

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)

Select the event that occurs FIRST out of the events listed below.

• Passengers begin to say goodbye to their spouses as the lifeboats load.

• Violet observes people refusing to get into the lifeboats.

• 
  Violet gets on the lifeboat as the Titanic continues to sink.

• Distress rockets begin to shoot into the air.

Select the event that occurs SECOND out of the events listed below.

• Passengers begin to say goodbye to their spouses as the lifeboats load.

• Violet observes people refusing to get into the lifeboats.

• Violet gets on the lifeboat as the Titanic continues to sink.

• Distress rockets begin to shoot into the air.

Select the event that occurs THIRD out of the events listed below.

• 
  Passengers begin to say goodbye to their spouses as the lifeboats load.

• Violet observes people refusing to get into the lifeboats.

• Violet gets on the lifeboat as the Titanic continues to sink.

• Distress rockets begin to shoot into the air.

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

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

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

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

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