The Cay Chapters 10-15

Why does Timothy keep talking about the coconuts in the trees?

• He really wants Phillips to climb up and get some because he know he is too old to climb the trees

• Timothy used to study coconut trees while he was in college

• He is hungry and it makes him feel better to talk about food

• Timothy has a jumbi and it makes him say strange things

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is a jumbi?

• A fish found only in the Caribbean

• An insect much like a mosquito

• A puppet popular with the people of Peru

• An evil spirit

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What did Phillip step on that caused him to slip and fall headfirst into the water?

• The rope Timothy had made

• He tripped on the coral reef

• He stepped on a skate which is similar to a sea ray

• He stepped on an octopus

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What did Phillip find on top of the hut while Timothy was away that frightened him when he touched it?

• He found Stew Cat gutted and skinned

• He found a carved wooden Stew Cat that Timothy had carved

• He found a bushel of sea grape

• He found Timothy's knife

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Why did Timothy run into the ocean?

• He loves just running into the ocean and acting like a kid.

• He had malaria which gave him a terribly high fever. His head was on fire and he was going to put it out.

• Timothy heard a boat and he was running out to signal it.

• He was running out to catch the raft which had drifted away.

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Why did Timothy keep putting one rock a day into an old can?

• He was keeping track of their days on the island.

• He loved collecting rocks.

• He was saving them so he could pave a path to the hut.

• He used the rocks as sinkers with his fishing poles.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

True or False. So far in the story, Timothy has never climbed up the palm trees to get the coconuts.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

The author talked about why Timothy was so frightened of hurricanes. What was the reason?

• Deep inside Timothy really was a sissy.

• Timothy was very superstitious and is simply afraid of Mother Nature.

• Timothy thinks hurricanes happen when you have a cat on your island.

• Timothy was the only survivor of a shipwreck many years before and it wrecked during a hurricane.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Who wasn't worried about Stew Cat during the storm and said that the cat would be just fine?

• Phillip

• Timothy

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

What was slithering around Phillip's feet during the hurricane?

• There were many snakes on the island.

• The vines that Timothy had made for Phillip were blowing in the wind and wrapping around his ankles.

• The lizards were trying to get to higher ground.

• Stew Cat was chasing mice around under Phillip.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1