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WorksheetsThe Missing Divers
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 26mins
Which of the statements below is the main idea of the article, "The Missing Divers" ?
Jeff Wandich took four hours to swim to a light tower after his boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico.
When their boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico, four divers tried to swim to a light tower. Only one made it. The others are missing.
Four men found out that diving was harder than they thought it would be when they took their boat in the Gulf of Mexico.
Four men sank their boat. They got lost...The End
The four men went diving so they could
look at an old ship on the ocean floor.
get a good look at the fish and other sea animals.
find something they has lost.
look for buried treasure.
After their boat sank, the men tried to swim to a
big ship that was passing.
town by the ocean.
light tower they could see.
palace under the sea.
Jeff went away from his friends so they would
not see him cry.
leave him in the ocean alone.
think he was dead.
think he got help without them.
The families of the missing men offered
$300, 000 to anyone who could help find them.
$200, 000 to anyone who could help find them.
$100, 000 to anyone who could help find them.
$100 to anyone who could help find them.
Which of the following sentences below would be considered a conclusion or an inference drawn from the article?
Jeff did not really care what the other divers thought of him.
The Coast Guard keeps looking until missing people are found.
Swimming in the sea with four-foot waves is very hard.
Which of the statements below is an inference, or conclusion that can be made from the article?
The men were probably tired even before their boat sank.
The men thought that swimming to the light tower would be fun.
It would be easier for the friends to swim to land instead of swimming to the light tower.
Which group of words has the closest meaning of the word in the sentence?
Standing at the top of the TOWER, you could see the whole town below you.
a building that is short and wide.
a building that is tall but not wide
the part of the building that is below the ground.
the white house.
Which group of words has the closest meaning to the word CHOICE?
The right to choose
a problem
a funny story
a part of a dinosaur
Carrying a heavy sack of potatoes, the farmer PLUGGED along the road to town.
What word or group of words has the closest meaning to the word PLUGGED?
ate
danced
kept doing something.
dropped items
Which group of words as the closest meaning to the word DROWNED?
made it to shore
died underwater
seen something beautiful
got lost in the woods
what group of words has the closest meaning to the word DEVOUR?
Doug was so hungry he was able to DEVOUR the sandwich in just a few minutes.
put in a box
cut up into pieces
eat quickly
let sit for later
Which group of words has the closest meaning to the word KIDNAP?
take away someone who does not want to go
be kind to someone or something
give someone a present
take someone out to dinner
What is the authors Pupose for writing this article?
to get the reader to learn to swim.
to tell the reader about something puzzling.
to explain why no one should go diving alone
From the statements below choose the one you think the author would agree with.
It is hard to understand how three strong men could go missing so quickly.
All the men knew that Jeff's boat would probably sink, even before they started their dive.
Trying to swim to the light tower was probably a bad idea.
no one should ever swim because it is way too dangerous.
Which sentence means the same thing as the following sentence?
The kid passed with flying colors.
The young man did not do as well as he had hoped.
The young man did poorly.
The young man did very well
the colors were flying through the air.
Choose the statement below that states a fact.
Jeff should never have left his friends in the ocean.
Jeff spent 35 hours alone at the light tower.
Jeff should not have gone diving with his friends.
From information in the article, you can predict that
Jeff will soon admit tht he made up the whole story.
the families of the missing men will always wonder what happened to them.
no one will be allowed to go diving in the Gulf of Mexico again.
Jeff wandich, and his friends are different because
only Jeff had a boat.
Jeff stayed on the boat while his friends went diving
only Jeff had dived in bad weather before.
Jeff was funny, they were not
What was the effect of the boat sinking?
The divers knew they had to swim to the tower to save themselves.
The waves grew to about four feet high.
The friends had to put on diving suits and break into pairs.
Which lesson about life does this story teach?
Nothing can stop someone who is trying hard.
Things don't always turn out as we plan them.
If you plan things well, they are sure to turn out fine.
