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WorksheetsThe Cay Chapter 3 : Reading Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Two days after leaving Panama, in the early morning of April 6, 1942, the Hato was....
torn apart in a storm.
torpedoed
accidentally bombed
As they prepared to leave the cabin, Phillip's mother was...
in a panic
crying quietly
very calm
The lifeboat Phillip and his mother were in spilled its passengers when....
the Hato lurched forward.
it broke in half.
it became tangled in the anchor line.
In the water, Phillip...
could no longer see his mother.
fainted.
was hit on the head from above.
Which one of the following was NOT true of the black man that Phillip found sitting on the raft with him.
Phillip had never seen him before.
His head was a mass of wiry gray hair.
Phillip thought he was ugly.
From the old man's appearance, Phillip knew he was...
American
West Indian
Cuban
Timothy believed Phillip's mother...
was safe and sound on a raft or a boat.
could have drowned.
wasn't far away.
The old man thought their location was somewhere...
near Panama.
around the cays.
slightly south of the Yucatan.
Which of the following was NOT a reason Phillip burst into tears?
There was nothing but an empty sea around him.
He had sharp pains in his head.
He was frightened by the big black man.
The cat's name was...
Oil
Cook
Stew
Though the black man was extremely old, Phillip noticed he seemed to be...
powerful.
extremely intelligent.
able to understand children.
The black man made a shelter on the raft by using...
driftwood and kelp.
boards from the raft and clothes.
a piece of canvas found in the water.
Which one of the following did Phillip and the black man NOT have on the raft?
a few biscuits and some chocolate
matches
a long piece of rope
On one of the black man's shoulders, Phillip noticed...
a tattoo.
a strange growth.
a cruel scar.
The black man did not have...
a last name.
any sympathy for Phillip's condition.
any hope they would be picked up by a passing ship.
Phillip's mother...
did not like black people.
taught him to call all adult men by "Mr."
probably knew what had happened to him.
Phillip accused the black man of...
plotting to throw him overboard.
saving the water for himself.
hating white people.
Phillip decided black people really were different because they....
were stubborn.
spoke a strange language.
ate raw fish.
Who did Phillip blame for the situation he was in?
the black man Timothy
his mother
the Germans
The black man's name was...
Timothy
Johnny
Anthony
