WorksheetsOn My Honor - Chapter 4
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
The chapter starts with Joel swimming towards the sandbar. He realizes that the current is doing what?
pulling him under the water
pushing him downstream
making him swim twice as hard as he should have to
keeping him from getting any closer to the island.
In complete surprise, Joel realizes that Tony is a terrible swimmer. What are three things Tony does that shows us he can't swim well at all? Choose THREE answers.
He was splashing wildly in the water
He was puffing and spewing water
He looked really scared
His hands were flailing all over the place.
Joel stops and touches bottom for a moment to catch his breath. What is Tony doing when he catches up to Joel and stops beside him?
griping because Joel had stopped
shivering violently because the water was so cold
gasping for breath with his chest heaving
starting to think Joel was right to not want to swim in the river
Joel is concerned that Tony is too tired and winded to make it to the sandbar.
True
False
Joel says to Tony, "If you can't swim any better than that, you'll never make __________ next year."
it to life guard
the swim team
friends at camp
Why does Tony probably not want to swim at the pool in town?
He prefers the dirty river water.
He doesn't like being around a bunch of little kids.
He's embarrassed because he can't swim very well.
He doesn't want to share Joel with other kids.
Joel told Tony that "he was a natural" at swimming and that he could probably be captain of the swim team next year.
True
False
Tony shoved Joel and ordered him to start swimming the rest of the way to the sandbar.
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False
Joel, being the better swimmer, starts pulling away from Tony. But he knows he's still behind him because he can hear him slapping at the water like an old __________ .
sea lion
goose landing on the water
bear trying to catch a fish
paddle wheeler
As Joel approaches the sandbar he decides he's going to have to apologize to Tony. Why?
Because maybe swimming at the river was a pretty good idea after all.
Because he didn't want Tony to be upset with him.
Because he felt bad for giving Tony a hard time about swimming in the river.
When Joel makes it to the sandbar, he jumps to his feet and turns around to brag to Tony about beating him. What did Joel see when he looked back out at the river?
Tony slowly splashing his way towards the sandbar.
Tony climbing out of the river on the bank where they had started from earlier.
The river stretching out before him -- smooth, glistening, reddish-brown . . . and no Tony.
At first, Joel thought that Tony had to be back on the bank and playing a trick on him.
True
False
When Joel stepped off "into the nothingness of the deep water," he suddenly understood everything.
True
False
Joel suddenly understood . . .
"Tony couldn't swim -- not really -- and Tony had gone under."
True
False
If you were Joel at that very moment, how do you think you'd feel? What do you think you'd do? Write a sentence or two (or more) to answer this question.
