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WorksheetsThe Mystery of the Mary Celeste
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 24mins
Which of the following statements is false?
the mary celeste's passengers were never found
the mary celeste set off in november
there were ten people on board
it began the voyage in italy
members of the captain's family were on board
according to the text, how did the dei gratia's crew know that the mary celeste had been missing for a while?
the log book had only been filled out a few times
the ship didn't look as if it had been lived in for a long time
it had been over a week since the log book had been filled out
someone had written the date that they left in the log book
the lifeboat was nowhere in sight on the ocean
why do you think the text questions "why" the lifeboat was missing?
the lifeboat was damaged so it wasn't fit to travel in.
there was no obvious reason for the crew to abandon the ship
the lifeboat was too small to fit everyone inside
the storm had been too bad to risk leaving the ship
there was no land nearby, so the crew shouldn't have left the ship
which of the following did the dei gratia's crew not discover when they boarded the mary celeste?
some of the tools used for navigating were missing
water had flooded into the lower part of the ship
there was food left on the ship
the passengers had abandoned their possessions
the logbook was missing some pages
which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
how long the mary celeste was at sea before it was located
where the mary celeste was found
who was in charge of writing the mary celeste's log book
where the possessions of the mary celeste's crew were discovered
what the dei gratia's crew might have gained from finding the ship
"other theories have stayed afloat over time" line 20. This suggests that:
a lot of people believe the passengers left the ship due to a leak
experts cant decide which theory is the most believable
a number of theories still haven't been proved wrong
some theories don't have any evidence to support them
a lot of the theories contradict each other
which of the following is not mentioned in the text as a theory?
the mary celeste was attacked by a sea creature
the mary celeste was heading for a whirlpool, so the crew jumped out
the crew of the MC were taken by aliens
the MC as invaded by the crew from the dei gratia
the crew left the MC because of a waterspout
according to the text, why is it difficult to come to a conclusion about what happened on the MC?
there is not enough information about how well made the ship was
people won't stop coming up with unlikely theories
a lot of evidence has been destroyed
there is no evidence from anyone who saw what happened
we have no way of knowing what the weather was like at the time
which of these words is closest in meaning to 'plausible'?
persuasive
intriguing
reasonable
calculated
complicated
the word "indicated" (line 16) could be most accurately replaced by:
estimated
suggested
recommended
emphasised
intensified
one of the last entries documented "harsh weather conditions" (lines 9-10) What type of word is "documented"?
verb
noun
adjective
preposition
conjunction
which of the following contains an example of onomatopoeia?
it was found drifting in the atlantic ocean
experts have tried to piece together various clues
the crew of the abandoned ship had been missing for some time
seawater had infiltrated the bottom of the ship
a whirlwind of water that whooshes across the ocean's surface
