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Scar Island Ch. 1-6

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The name of the torture device used to punish the boys was called the Sinner's Sorrow.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

The boys were left without adult supervision after....

a)

the adults didn't return after a chartered fishing trip

b)

a bolt of lightning hit the sword in the Admiral's hand

c)

Benny added rat poison to the staff's breakfast pancakes

d)

a huge wave swept over the beach where the adults were

3.

Who has the initial idea to stay at Slebhedge without adults?

a)

Jonathan

b)

Sebastian

c)

Walter

d)

Francis

4.

What was Slabhenge before it was a reformatory school?

a)

an asylum

b)

a medical hospital

c)

a vacation resort

d)

a church

5.

What is the name of the reformatory school Jonathan attends?

a)

Stonehenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys

b)

Scar Island Reformatory School for Troubled Boys

c)

Slabhenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys

d)

Scary Reformatory School for Troubled Boys

6.

What happened during Jonathan's first night at Slabhenge?

a)

An old cat snuggled up to him on his thin mattress.

b)

Benny, the Admiral's pet, confiscated Jonathan's diary.

c)

Walter slipped him a dry crust of bread from the next cell.

d)

Mr. Mongley doused him with frigid water for talking.

7.

“I will see you in the morning, Jonathan Grisby. Do

try to get some sleep. Tomorrow will be a very

hard day for you.”

This can best be described as a---.

a)

foreshadowing

b)

flash sideways

c)

flashback

d)

flash forward

8.

What kind of literary device is being used in the following?

"That’s Roger and Gregory. Dumb as catfish..."

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

9.

What kind of literary device is used in the following exampler?

"The room hung in taut silence."

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

10.

“Ya look scared!” the pilot shouted over the whine of the outboard motor that he steered with one hand.


What does whine mean?

a)

bouncing

b)

plead

c)

hum

d)

complaint

11.

Who is the kleptomaniac?

a)

Jonathan

b)

Walter

c)

Colin

d)

Sebastian

12.

What speech impediment does Colin have?

(a)  

13.

What character kept repeating quieter?

(a)  

14.

What was Miguel's crime?

(a)  

15.

What do the boys have for breakfast?

a)

eggs

b)

bacon

c)

oatmeal

d)

pancakes