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Titanic week 3

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Read page 124. What is the mood conveyed by the author on this page?

a)

hopeful

b)

distressed and urgent

c)

complacent

d)

decisive

2.

Setting can best be described using

a)

theme

b)

text structure

c)

imagery

3.

At the beginning of Chapter 9, there are four small lifeboats that were still empty. How many people were still aboard the Titanic?

a)

2,208

b)

1,500

c)

1,000

d)

150

4.

Who could be described as heroes for helping to load the lifeboats?

a)

J. Bruce Ismay

b)

Officer Lightoller

c)

Colonel Gracie

d)

Both Lightoller and Gracie

5.

When the Titanic sank, the temperature of the water was

a)

72 degrees Fahrenheit

b)

32 degrees Fahrenheit

c)

28 degrees Fahrenheit

d)

56 degrees Fahrenheit

6.

Jack Thayer did not die on the Titanic because he

a)

Jumped into Lifeboat 16

b)

Jumped away from the ship

c)

Climbed into Collapsible D

d)

Grabbed and held onto a wooden crate

7.

"She's Gone" the title of chapter 11 refers to

a)

Violet Jessup

b)

Mrs. Thayer

c)

the Titanic

d)

all female passengers

8.

Determine the text evidence from p. 153 that best proves that passengers were freezing to death in the water.

a)

"we longed to return and resuce at least some of the drowning, but we knew it was impossible."

b)

"This terrible cry lasted for twenty or thirty minutes, gradually dying away, as one after another could no longer withstand the cold and exposure..."

c)

"I now felt for the first time...that I had some chance of escape from the horrible fate of drowning."

d)

"We tried to sing to keep from thinking of them..."

9.

Chapter 12 describes the experiences of the 700 people who were in lifeboats. Choose the words that best describe how they were feeling. Choose all that apply.

a)

frigid

b)

starving and thirsty

c)

lenient

d)

perish

10.

Captain Rostron's ship, which was spotted at 4:00am

a)

Californian

b)

Olympia

c)

Titanic

d)

Carpathia

11.

Cold, freezing

a)

frigid

b)

perish

c)

looming

d)

scurried

12.

Not safe; dangerous

a)

foundered

b)

provisions

c)

scurried

d)

precarious

13.

To appear large; exaggerated

a)

looming

b)

precarious

c)

frigid

d)

capsize

14.

Supply of food/necessities

a)

precarious

b)

perish

c)

provisions

d)

lenient

15.

Theme can be described as

a)

dialogue

b)

symbolism

c)

main idea

d)

the message