WorksheetsMoby Duck
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
Moby-Duck is a book Review written by _____________
David Holahan
Herman Melville
Rachel Carson
Charlie Moore
Intractable Means....
Unfriendly; Hostile
Knowledge; awareness
Poured out
Uncontrollable
Disgorged means...
Unfriendly; hostile
knowledge; awareness
poured out
uncontrollable
Charismatic means...
appealing; charming
knowledge; awareness
unfriendly; hostile
uncontrollable
Ken means...
unfriendly ; hostile
uncontrollable
knowledge or awareness
poured out
inimical means...
unfriendly; hostile
uncontrollable
knowledge; awareness
poured out
What does the "epically long subtitle" let you know?
This book is about a cargo ship that crashed at sea during a storm.
This book is about the author's quest to learn about thousands of bath toys lost at sea.
This book is about cleaning up a remote beach where grizzly bears forage.
The book is about volunteering time and money to clean up our collective mess.
How many "friendly floatees" were washed overboard during the storm in 1992?
100,000
78,000
5,000
28,800
Which of the following words means
"scattered remains; Rubble"?
disgorged
flotsam
debris
ken
Which of the following means "Wreckage that floats after a ship has sunk"?
disgorged
Flotsam
debris
ken
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is roughly the size of which state?
South Carolina
Texas
Mississippi
Georgia
What is the term that refers to a technique that companies use to appear concerned about the environment when they may actually be doing the environment harm?
Greenwashing
Melvillian
Monomaniacal
inimical
Was Holahan's review of Hohn's book positive or negative?
Positive
Negative
What does Hohn feel is the answer to ridding the oceans of trash?
Greenwashing
volunteering time and money to clean up trash and raising public awareness
The ocean is too big for us to worry about
manufacture as many new products as possible and dump the waste in the ocean.
What job does Hohn now have?
He is a teacher.
He is a stay at home dad.
He is leading a volunteer group to clean up the oceans.
He is now the features editor at GQ Magazine.
