Into the Lifeboat TEST

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

• To describe her personal feelings about the events happening

• To demonstrate how best to respond to such a situation

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

• To introduce characters who would be important later in the selection

If you do something with reluctance, you are _______.

• excited

• unwilling

• frustrated

The author wrote this text to -

• express her opinion about time in history

• explain exactly why the Titanic sank

• inform readers about how she survived the Titanic

Which phrase from paragraph 29 uses exaggeration to give the reader a mental image of how unpleasant the night was following the ship’s sinking?

• I sat paralyzed with cold and misery, as I watched Titanic give a lurch forward.

• the ship seemed to right herself like a hurt animal with a broken back.

• . . . it felt like a knife in its penetrating coldness.

Read the dictionary entry below for the word illuminate.

illuminate \ĭ-loo'mə-nāt'\v

1. to decorate or brighten with lights

2. to clarify

3. to enable to understand spiritually

4. to adorn with designs, images, or lettering in bright colors or metals

Which definition represents the meaning of illuminated as it is used in paragraph 22?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

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

• describe how everyone was worried about their clothes

• give examples of how to get into the lifeboat

• show how many didn't realize the ship would sink

• entertaining readers with interesting facts

Read this sentence from paragraph 27.

I tried to busy myself with the baby, but could not refrain from looking up again.

Which two words could replace refrain in this sentence without changing its meaning?

• Keep

• Check

• Stop

• Run

• Repeat

What genre is Into the Lifeboat from Titanic Survivor?

• Historical

• Romance

• Memoir

• Fantasy

Select the order of the events in which they happened.

A) A man hurled himself into a descending boat.

B) Violet gets in the lifeboat as the Titanic continues to sink.

C) Violet observes people refusing to get into the lifeboat.

D) Distress rockets begin to shoot into the air.

• ABDC

• CDAB

• BACD

What different reactions were given by the passengers in paragraph 7, and what caused them to respond differently to leaving the Titanic? Cite evidence from the text to support your answer