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A Night to Remember

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

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1.

Which of the following definitions most closely matches that of the word impressed as it is used in the following sentence?

"When the jolt came, it impressed Belford more strongly than Steward Johnson—perhaps because a pan of new rolls clattered off the top of the oven and scattered about the floor."

a)

In awe or shock

b)

admiration or respect

c)

a strong effect or forceful impact

d)

fix an idea in someones mind

2.

Which of the following definitions most closely matches that of the word myriad as it is used in the following sentence?

"...tiny splinters of ice in the air, fine as dust, that gave off myriads of bright colors whenever caught in the glow of the deck lights."

a)

Shiny

b)

Colorful

c)

Multiple or many

d)

Tiny

3.

Which of the following definitions most closely matches that of the word ominous as it is used in the following sentence?

"Mrs. Walter B. Stephenson recalled the first ominous jolt when she was in the San Francisco earthquake—then decided this wasn't that bad."

a)

Bright and sunny

b)

Dark and spooky

c)

Something bad or dangerous

d)

Strong and mighty

4.

Which of the following most closely matches the definition of the word detached as it is used in the following sentence?

"'Thank you,' acknowledged the voice with curiously detached courtesy. Nothing more was said."

a)

To separate or break apart.

b)

Panicked and unsteady

c)

Unemotional, unconcerned

d)

Sluggish and lazy

5.

Imagery is?

a)

When an author wants to make a scene feel real using the 5 senses.

b)

When a story has images or pictures associated with it

c)

A game similar to charades but having the players draw the word or phrase

d)

Only used in graphic novels and comics

6.

What is the connotative meaning of the word "Glamourous?"

a)

Negative

b)

Neutral

c)

Positive

7.

What is connotation?

a)

Giving a brief or short version of the story

b)

Discussing the parts that make up a story

c)

Using clues from the text to determine what a word means

d)

The feelings we have towards certain words

8.

What does the word "biting" mean in the following sentence?

"Just the night, the stars, the BITING cold,"

a)

Harsh or cruel

b)

Using ones teeth to hurt something

c)

Make firm contact with a surface

d)

The air was painful to feel.

9.

What is the connotative meaning of the word "draw" as it is used in the following sentence?

"Fleet and Lee stood quietly side by side, watching the ice DRAW nearer."

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

c)

Neutral

10.

Which of the following most closely matches the definition of the word "jar" in the following sentence?

"Then, as they sat there talking, a faint grinding JAR seemed to come from somewhere deep inside the ship. It was not much, but enough to break the conversation and rattle the silver that was set for breakfast next morning."

a)

A type of container

b)

Strike against something with an unpleasant vibration

c)

A disagreement

d)

An opening, usually involving a door or window

11.

Which of the following most closely matches the definition of the word "glamorous" as it is used in the sentence.

"Even the passengers' dogs were GLAMOROUS. ... Robert W. Daniel, the Philadelphia banker, was bringing back a champion French bulldog just purchased in Britain.

a)

Attractive or appealing

b)

Old and senile

c)

Rough and rugged

d)

Cheap and inexpensive

12.

What is the connotation for the word "Luxury"

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

c)

Neutral

13.

Which of the following sentences uses the word "draw" as it was used in the story?

a)

The game ended in a draw after 3 overtimes.

b)

My eyes were being drawn to the TV

c)

The picture he drew for class was beautiful.

d)

The jedi drew his lightsabre from his cloak.

14.

What does the idiom "a very close shave" mean as it is used in the following sentence?

"Then, miraculously, the bow began to swing to port. At the last second the stem shot into the clear, and the ice glided swiftly by along the starboard side. It looked to Fleet like A VERY CLOSE SHAVE."

a)

A shave in which the hair is cut very short.

b)

Barely escaping danger or disaster.

c)

Running out of time.

d)

To do something just perfectly.

15.

"The passengers in their cabins felt the jolt too, and tried to connect it with something familiar. Marguerite Frolicher, a young Swiss girl accompanying her father on a business trip, woke up with a start. Half-asleep, she could think only of the little white lake ships at Zurich making a SLOPPY landing."

Using you context clues which meaning most closely matches that of the word "sloppy" in the sentence above?

a)

Unorganized and annoying.

b)

Messy and dirty

c)

Rough and shaky.

d)

Casual and loose

16.

"To Lady Cosmo Duff Gordon, waking up from the jolt, it seemed 'as though somebody had drawn a giant finger along the side of the ship.'"

The sentence above is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Personification

17.

"The Atlantic was like polished plate glass; people later said they had never seen it so smooth."

What type of figurative language is in the sentence above?

a)

Personification

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

18.

Suddenly Fleet saw something directly ahead, even darker than the darkness. At first it was small (about the size, he thought, of two tables put together), but every second it grew larger and closer. Quickly Fleet banged the crow's-nest bell three times, the warning of danger ahead. At the same time he lifted the phone and rang the bridge.

Which meaning of bridge most closely matches its meaning in the passage below (paragraph 6)?

a)

A structure that provides passage over a river or road

b)

A platform from which a captain navigates a ship

c)

A passage in music

d)

A piece of wood supporting the strings in a guitar

19.

"They were dining-saloon stewards, indulging in the time-honored pastime of all stewards off duty—they were gossiping about their passengers."

Indulging in the sentence above most closely means

a)

Enjoying to eat

b)

Enjoying to participate

c)

Becoming involved in

d)

Allowing someone to do something

20.

Why were first class passengers more likely to survive the Titanic over second or third class passengers?

a)

They could pay to be on the life boats.

b)

They most likely knew how to swim.

c)

They were on the upper levels of the ship.

d)

They would be the first ones to be saved from the water.