The Cay Review

Which of the following does NOT describe the setting at the beginning of the novel?

• Curacao
• Aruba
• Caribbean
• Willemstad

What kind of job did Phillip's dad have?

• He worked in the oil refinery trying to increase production of aviation fuel.
• He had a large plantation that grew sugar cane.
• Heowned a chain of hotels.
• He was the captain on a tanker.

What did Phillip's mother convince his father to do?

• send them to Miami on the S.S. Hato
• fly them home to Texas
• have to entire family move back to the United States
• move to the Netherlands

Why is Timothy worried about the cay?

• it is very small
• there are no people on it
• it could be in the Devil's mouth
• there is not a good place to build shelter 

Why does Phillip feel that he is superior to Timothy? 

• Timothy could not swim.
• Timothy was an old man.
• Timothy was sick. 
• Timothy could not spell.

What is the device called that collects rain water?

• collector
• catcher
• catchment
• pipe

How do Timothy and Philip track the days they have been stranded on the cay? 

• They put pebbles in a jar.
• They count waves.
• They count suns.
• They put shells in a basket.

Being able to fish by himself made Phillip  confident enough to climb the coconut trees.

• True
• False

What solution did Phillip come up with to make his fire better?

• To put more wood on it
• To add coconut shells to it
• To add sea grape leaves to it
• To find gasoline for it

Why did the bird attack Phillip?

• He ate the bird's eggs.
• He threw a stone at the bird.
• Phillip was not attacked by a bird.
• Phillip walked in the bird's nesting ground.