The Cay Chapters 9-19

What is a jumbi?

• Jumbo shrimp

• Jimbob's brother

• Sea birds

• Evil spirits (voodoo stuff)

Phillip can't find Stew Cat the next day...What does he think happened to him?

• He thinks that Timothy killed him because Stew Cat was a jumbi.

• He floats away on his own raft.

• He rides a shark back to the mainland.

• He thinks that Stew Cat was drowned by Timothy.

Timothy is afraid he'll come down with fever again, so _______.

• he teaches Phillip how to gather coconuts

• he shows Phillip where to find scallops

• he decides Phillip needs to learn how to fish by himself

• he performs a Voodoo protection spell

Why did Phillip feel he had "graduated" from a survival course?

• Timothy had taught survival courses in the past

• Timothy had been worried that something would happen to him, and Phillip would have to provide for himself

• Phillip had been pretending that he was in school taking a special class

• Phillip had climbed the tree for coconuts even though he was blind, proving that he had become independent

Which detail from chapter 14 best shows that Timothy was not purposely trying to frighten Phillip about the violence of the storm?

• Even Stew Cat was nervous. He was around my legs whenever I moved.

• Nothing changed during the afternoon, although it seemed to get even hotter.

• He had good reason to be frightened himself. In 1928, he had been the only survivor from the d'HettiRedd.

• 'Dis be a western starm, I b'guessin'. Dey outrageous strong when dey come," he said.

... I could feel the rain, which was now jabbing into me like the punches of a nail.

Which literary device was used in the underlined part of the sentence?

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Personification

After the storm, Phillip recovers several items.

But the two small bars of chocolate that we had been saving for a "feast," were ruined. I had no taste for them anyway.

What does Phillip probably mean when he states that he has no taste for them anyway?

• Chocolate is not his favorite candy

• The storm affected Phillip's taste buds

• Phillip has never tasted chocolate before

• Phillip was mourning, and without Timothy he would not enjoy the chocolate

He was cradling his head in his arms, still making those small noises, like a hurt animal.

The author compares the small noises that Timothy was making to those of a hurt animal. He does this to emphasize that:

• Timothy wants to be playful with Stew Cat

• Timothy wants to keep Phillip cheerful

• Timothy is helpless and in pain

• Timothy doesn't want to be loud

Then I made a bed of palm fronds and sprawled out on it, listening to the still angry sea as it tumbled around the damp cay...

Which literary device is used in the underlined part of the sentence?

• Simile

• Analogy

• Personification

• Metaphor

What is the main idea of chapter 17?

• Thinking about how much time Phillip had been on the island

• Hunting langosta in the fishing hole

• Sharpening a stick to use for hunting langosta

• Deciding what injured his wrist