The Cay review

1. What reason did Timothy give Phillip for why there were no people on the island?

• There was no natural source of water.

• There were people on the island.

• It was too small.

• It had been attacked by the Germans already.

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What did Phillip's family do after he

was rescued?

• They moved back to Curacao

• They moved to Europe

• They moved back to the United States

• They moved to the island

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What were the two biggest threats to Timothy and Phillip when they were on the raft?

• Birds and sharks

• Lack of water and sharks

• A leaky raft and submarines

• storms and sharks

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What did Timothy do so that Phillip could fish on the reef?

• He used a rope to mark a safe path

• He told Phillip bot to go on the reef because it wasn't safe

• He had Phillip crawl out onto the reef

• He drove sticks into the reef to mark a safe path

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How did Phillip survive the attack on the ship?

• He got into a lifeboat with the other passengers

• He got rescued by the submarine

• A black man saved him and pulled him on a raft.

• His mother dragged him into a lifeboat

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How did Phillip make his signal fire better after Timothy died?

• He burnt it 24 hours a day

• He lit it every day

• He put in plants that would make a dark smoke

• He piled up the sticks so that the fire was huge

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Where does most of the story take place?

• The United States

• Europe

• Germany

• The Caribbean Sea

How did Timothy feed them?

• He speared and fished for food

• He had food in a trunk from the ship

• He cast nets into the sea and caught seafood

• none of the above

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What is the time period for the book?

• The Civil War

• World War 1

• The Vietnam War

• World War 2

What is a cay?

• An island

• A boat

• A coral reef

• A bird

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