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WorksheetsInto the Lifeboat
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
The sound of crying from the sinking ship was (a) to hear.
Volcanoes and tsunamis (a) me.
(a) , she splashed paint all over the canvas.
The lights (a) the football field for the night game.
With (a) , he turned in his incomplete test.
he coach takes time to (a) players before a game.
What is the most likely reason the author includes her observations in paragraph 3?
To describe her personal feelings about the events happening
To demonstrate how best to respond to such a situation
To show how passengers and crew first reacted when the ship began to sink
To introduce characters who would be important later in the selection
In paragraph 6, which word helps the reader understand the meaning of the word reluctance?
Anxious
Seemed
Pointed
Horizon
What effect does the author produce by including paragraphs 14 through 16?
She demonstrates the feelings of despair felt by all passengers.
She indicates that she was the most frightened person on the ship.
She emphasizes the bravery and courage of the passengers and crew.
She contrasts the ways in which the passengers and crew deal with the event as it occurs.
Read this sentence about the passage.
This passage, which was written in the early twentieth century, describes the sinking of the Titanic, from one crew member’s perspective.
How can this sentence be corrected?
The first comma should be deleted from the sentence.
The second comma should be deleted from the sentence.
The third comma should be deleted from the sentence.
This sentence is already correct, and no changes are needed.
Read these sentences about the passage.
Violet Jessop was a member of the staff aboard the Titanic. The Titanic was at the time the biggest ship in the world.
What is the best way to combine these two sentences?
Violet Jessop was a member of the staff aboard the Titanic, which at the time was the biggest ship in the world.
Violet Jessop was a member of the staff aboard the Titanic, although at the time it was the biggest ship in the world.
Violet Jessop was a member of the staff aboard the Titanic, and at the time was the biggest ship in the world.
Violet Jessop was a member of the staff aboard the Titanic, that at the time was the biggest ship in the world.
Read the dictionary entry below for the word illuminate. illuminate \ĭ-loo'mә-nāt'\ v 1. to decorate or brighten with lights 2. to clarify 3. to enable to understand spiritually 4. to adorn with designs, images, or lettering in bright colors or metals
Which definition represents the meaning of illuminated as it is used in paragraph 22?
Definition 1
Definition 2
Definition 3
Definition 4
Read this sentence from paragraph 27.
I tried to busy myself with the baby, but could not refrain from looking up again.
Which two words could replace refrain in this sentence without changing its meaning?
Avoid
Check
Keep
Run
Stop
Which phrase from paragraph 29 uses exaggeration to give the reader a mental image of how unpleasant the night was following the ship’s sinking?
. . . it felt like a knife in its penetrating coldness.
I sat paralyzed with cold and misery, as I watched Titanic give a lurch forward.
One of the huge funnels toppled off like a cardboard model . . .
. . . the ship seemed to right herself like a hurt animal with a broken back.
The author wrote this selection most likely to —
record her personal experience of a famous event
inform the reader about the key details of a famous event
reveal a perspective of a famous event that is not often told
convince the reader to adopt her opinion of a famous event
