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The Cay Book Review

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Phillip lived on one of the Dutch islands just off the coast of Venezuela.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

At the refinery, Phillip’s father worked on the program to increase the production of aviation gas.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The islanders had no weapons to use against the German submarines.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The German attack on the other islands had not caused much damage.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Phillip’s mother loved the island and the different types of people who lived or visited there.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Did Phillip’s father suggest that Phillip and his mother take a boat back to Norfolk and wait until the danger was over?

a)

Yes

b)

No

7.

Was the refinery on Curacao able to ship its precious gas and oil to England and Africa in spite of the German threat?

a)

Yes

b)

No

8.

Was the British tanker Empire Tern equipped with machine guns and loaded with gasoline when it steamed out of the harbor?

a)

Yes

b)

No

9.

As Phillip and many others watched, did the Empire Tern vanish in a wall of red flames?

a)

Yes

b)

No

10.

Did Phillip’s father believe he and his mother would be safe if they stayed on the island?

a)

Yes

b)

No

11.

Two days after leaving Panama, in the early morning of April 6, 1942, the Hato was

a)

torn apart in a storm

b)

torpedoed

c)

accidentally bombed

12.

The lifeboat Phillip and his mother were in spilled its passengers when

a)

the Hato lurched forward

b)

it broke in half

c)

it became tangled in the anchor line

13.

The old man thought their location was somewhere

a)

near Panama

b)

around the cays

c)

slightly south of the Yucatan

14.

Though the black man was extremely old, Phillip noticed he seemed to be

a)

powerful

b)

extremely intelligent

c)

able to understand children

15.

The black man made a shelter on the raft by using

a)

driftwood and kelp

b)

boards from the raft and clothes

c)

a piece of canvas found in the water

16.

The next morning, Phillip vision was blurred because he had looked directly at the sun the day before.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

After he went blind, the pain in Phillip’s head progressively grew worse.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

In his wild excitement at finding the island, he fell overboard.

a)

Timothy

b)

Phillip

c)

Stew Cat

19.

He was happy they found the island because he wanted to be off the sea.

a)

Phillip

b)

Timothy

c)

Stew Cat

20.

Phillip had sometimes seen them in the water from the sea wall at Williamstad and in the marketplace.

a)

smoke

b)

sharks

c)

birds

21.

There were twenty or thirty of them on the island.

a)

birds

b)

palms

c)

sharks

22.

Timothy paid close attention to them because they told him when the raft was close to shore.

a)

sharks

b)

birds

c)

palms

23.

Phillip arrived on shore by

a)

being carried on Timothy's shoulders

b)

being pulled on the raft

c)

hanging on to Timothy's shirt and walking behind him

24.

On the island, Phillip

a)

began to think rescue was impossible

b)

was glad he wouldn't have to spend another night on the hard, wet boards of the raft

c)

still wondered if leaving the raft was a mistake

25.

Before nightfall, Timothy planned to

a)

catch as many lobsters as possible

b)

find out how far from the Caymans they were

c)

build a great brush pile to ignite as a signal

26.

Phillip didn't fully understand that

a)

his eyesight might never come back

b)

the island would be difficult to spot from the air

c)

all aircraft and ships were needed to fight German U boats

27.

Phillip felt superior to Timothy because he

a)

could do something Timothy couldn't do

b)

knew his mother would approve

c)

realized Timothy was a just a stupid old man

28.

Was the purpose of the rope to give Phillip something to follow to the big brush pile in case Timothy wasn’t around?

a)

Yes

b)

No

29.

Did Timothy agree to excuse Phillip from work because of his blindness?

a)

Yes

b)

No

30.

Did Timothy strike Phillip across the face because he cried instead of trying to weave the palm fiber mat?

a)

Yes

b)

No

31.

That day on the island when Timothy struck him, did Phillip begin to change?

a)

Yes

b)

No

32.

Timothy led the raft to the shore by

a)

Using a pole from the shelter as an oar

b)

Jumping in the water and kicking with his feet

c)

Letting it drift to a sandbar and pulling it in

33.

Timothy

a)

Had never seen the cay they were on

b)

Remembered once passing a day similar to their island

c)

Was disappointed in the island once the were ashore

34.

What word did Phillip form in the sand with a stick?

a)

HERE

b)

SOS

c)

HELP

d)

SAVE

35.

Did Phillip ask to be Timothy’s friend?

a)

Yes

b)

No

36.

Did Timothy call Phillip by his name when Phillip asked him to?

a)

Yes

b)

No

37.

Because Timothy confessed he was more than 70 years old, Phillip realized he was

a)

Old enough to die on the island

b)

Had probably lied about their island

c)

Wouldn’t be able to do a lot of hard work

38.

Phillip's friend, Henrik was from

a)

Curacao

b)

The Netherlands

c)

America

d)

Venezuela

39.

Phillip and his family were

a)

from the Carribean Islands

b)

German

c)

American

d)

Dutch

40.

How did Phillip's mother behave as as she helped him into his life jacket?

a)

Hysterically crying

b)

Nervous and anxious

c)

Calm

d)

Yelling and screaming

41.

Which of the following does Timothy remember about his early life?

a)

The name of the woman who raised him

b)

What his parents were like

c)

Where he was born

d)

His exact age

42.

What was the main source of food that Timothy caught on the island?

a)

clams & oysters

b)

bananas

c)

coconuts

d)

langosta (lobster)

43.

What does Timothy teach Phillip how to do?

a)

He shows him how to gather coconuts

b)

He shows him where to find scallops

c)

He teaches him how to fish by himself

44.

What point of view is The Cay written?

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd limited

d)

3rd omniscient

45.

The Cay can be described as

a)

Non fiction

b)

Historical Fiction

c)

a biography

d)

a drama

46.

Phillip was able to explore and learn about the cay by using a cane Timothy made for him.

a)

True

b)

False

47.

On the crossframe of the hut, Phillip found a carved cat statue with nails, which were intended to kill the evil jumbi.

a)

True

b)

False

48.

Their spines were poisonous and caused terrible pain.

a)

mussels

b)

sea urchins

c)

langosta

49.

Timothy placed this in the coral so Phillip could find his way to the fishing hole.

a)

coconuts

b)

his shirt

c)

fish hooks

d)

driftwood

50.

By taking the full punishment of the storm, Timothy

a)

demonstrated his strength

b)

made it possible for Phillip to live

c)

reminded Phillip of his grandfather

51.

One the sixth day after the storm, on south beach, Phillip was attacked by

a)

sharks

b)

sea urchins

c)

birds

d)

Stew Cat

52.

Timothy had said the fishing hole was safe because

a)

it was sealed off from the sea

b)

the water was absolutely clear

c)

the entrance from the sea was too narrow for a

large animal, such as a shark, to enter.

53.

When the first airplane passed over the island without stopping, Phillip thought the

smoke from the signal fire

a)

might have been hidden under the palms

b)

hadn’t risen

high enough

c)

wasn’t dark enough

54.

When the second aircraft flew over, what had Phillip added to the signal fire?

a)

sea

grape branches

b)

palm leaves

c)

a new section where the smoke would be carried

out to sea by the wind.

55.

Which of the following was not true of Phillip when he was rescued?

a)

He was naked

b)

Stew Cat was with him

c)

He couldn’t understand the language the men were

speaking

56.

Phillip was rescued by

a)

a Dutch pilot

b)

a Dutch tanker

c)

an American destroyer

57.

Phillip regained his sight

a)

after three operations

b)

unexpectedly three months after


his rescue

c)

slowly during a period of one year.

58.

Phillip hoped to

a)

move back to Virginia with his parents

b)

spend the rest of his life on Curacao with the people who had known Timothy

c)

someday charter a schooner

and find the cay where Timothy was buried