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Practice Titanic Into the Lifeboat

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Reluctance:

a)

Figurative language, comparing two unlike things using LIKE or AS.

b)

Lit with bright lights

c)

Unwilling to do something

d)

To give someone comfort

2.

Illuminated:

a)

Figurative language, comparing two unlike things using LIKE or AS.

b)

Lit with bright lights

c)

Unwilling to do something

d)

To give someone comfort

3.

How the author presents information on a topic

a)

Objective point of view

b)

Subjective point of view

c)

Author's point of view

4.

This point of view includes the author's opinions and feelings on the topic. This view point is considered somewhat biased.

a)

Objective point of view

b)

Subjective point of view

c)

Author's point of view

5.

What is the most likely reason the author includes her observations in paragraph 3?

a)

To describe her personal feelings about the events happening

b)

To demonstrate how best to respond to such a situation

c)

To show how passengers and crew first reacted when the ship began to sink

d)

To introduce characters who would be important later in the selection

6.

The author includes information about what others were doing before she got on the lifeboat in order to -

a)

describe how everyone was worried about their clothes

b)

give examples of how to get into the lifeboat

c)

show how many didn't realize the ship would sink

d)

entertaining readers with interesting facts

7.

What genre is Into the Lifeboat from Titanic Survivor?

a)

Historical

b)

Romance

c)

Memoir

d)

Fantasy

8.

The sound of crying from the sinking ship was ____________ to hear.

a)

reassuring

b)

agonizing

c)

reluctance

d)

unrestrainedly

9.

Author's Purpose (Memoir)

The author wrote this selection most likely to —

a)

record her personal experience of a famous event

b)

convince the reader to adopt her opinion of a famous event

c)

entertain the reader with a fictional story

10.

In paragraph 7 of the selection, how do passengers react when they are asked to board lifeboats?

a)

Most passengers decline to board lifeboats, believing that the ship will not sink.

b)

Most passengers board lifeboats in an orderly way, following the crew’s instructions.

c)

Some passengers eagerly board lifeboats, while others need encouragement.

d)

Some passengers refuse to board lifeboats, while others ignore directions from the crew.

11.
What word means:
to give confidence or to remove doubt
a)
restrict
b)
reassure
c)
reimburse
12.
to brighten; to cast light on; to light up
a)
illuminate 
b)
vague
c)
void
d)
yield
13.

Select the event that occurs SECOND out of the events listed below.

a)

Passengers begin to say goodbye to their spouses as the lifeboats load.

b)

Violet gets on the lifeboat as the Titanic continues to sink.

c)

Violet observes people refusing to get into the lifeboats.

d)

Distress rockets begin to shoot into the air.

14.

Which of the following events occurs last in the story?

a)

Distress rockets begin to shoot in the air

b)

Passengers begin to say goodbye to their spouses as the lifeboats load

c)

Violet observes people refusing to get into the lifeboats

d)

Violet gets on the lifeboat as the Titanic continues to sink

15.

Who is the author of this story?

a)

Margaret "Molly" Brown

b)

Violet Jessop

c)

Ann Turnbull

d)

Dorothy Gibson