WorksheetsThe Cay Chapters 13-15
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
What does Phillip do that makes Timothy very happy?
He sings an old Caribbean song.
He climbs a palm tree for coconuts.
He makes a collar for Stew Cat.
He swims around the entire cay.
What does Phillip ask that makes Timothy laugh?
Whether the jumbi can talk.
Whether Timothy is still black.
Which direction the sun rises in.
Whether they can sail the raft home.
Timothy identifies the "rifle crack" from the sea as...
A rifle
A storm
A bird
A plane
What is one thing that Timothy does to prepare for the storm?
Tie their belongings to a tree.
Dig a trench around their hut.
Fill the keg with coconut milk.
Make a life jacket for Stew Cat.
How is Phillip protected in the storm?
Phillip stays in the hut.
Phillip floats offshore on the raft.
Timothy shelters Phillip with his body.
Phillip buries his body in the sand.
Why does Timothy keep talking about the coconuts in the trees?
He really wants Phillips to climb up and get some
Timothy used to study coconut trees while he was in college
He is hungry and it makes him feel better to talk about food
Timothy has a jumbi and it makes him say strange things
Why did Timothy keep putting one rock a day into an old can?
He was keeping track of their days on the island.
He loved collecting rocks.
He was saving them so he could pave a path to the hut.
He used the rocks as sinkers with his fishing poles.
What was slithering around Phillip's feet during the hurricane?
There were many snakes on the island.
The vines that Timothy had made for Phillip were blowing in the wind and wrapping around his ankles.
The lizards were trying to get to higher ground.
Stew Cat was chasing mice around under Phillip.
Timothy fashioned nails into hooks for Phillip to use for catching fish. What does Phillip use as bait?
worms
sea urchin
mussell
coconut
What does Phillip do that makes Timothy very happy?
He sings an old Caribbean song.
He climbs a palm tree for coconuts.
He makes a collar for Stew Cat.
He swims around the entire cay.
What is one thing that Timothy does to prepare for the storm?
Tie their belongings to a tree.
Dig a trench around their hut.
Fill the keg with coconut milk.
Make a life jacket for Stew Cat.
Why did they eat such a large meal at the end of the chapter?
They might not be able to eat for a few days.
They needed to use up all of the food before it went bad.
They wouldn't be able to take it with them if they had to leave on the raft.
The food was already going bad.
