Into the Lifeboat Quiz Review

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

• To express her own feelings about the events

• To describe how best to respond in an emergency situation

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

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

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

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

• To express her own feelings about the events

• To describe how best to respond in an emergency situation

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

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

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

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

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

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

• Some passengers eagerly board lifeboats, while others need encouragement.

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

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

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

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

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

• Some passengers eagerly board lifeboats, while others need encouragement.

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Read the sentences from paragraph 15 of the selection. "Looking along the length of the ship, I noticed the forward part of her was lower now, much lower! For a fraction of a second, my heart stood still, as is often the case when faith, hitherto unshaken faith, gets its first setback." These lines reflect the narrator's —

• observations on the deck

• sense of time passing

• faith that all will be fine

• first feelings of alarm

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Read the sentences from paragraph 15 of the selection. "Looking along the length of the ship, I noticed the forward part of her was lower now, much lower! For a fraction of a second, my heart stood still, as is often the case when faith, hitherto unshaken faith, gets its first setback." These lines reflect the narrator's —

• observations on the deck

• sense of time passing

• faith that all will be fine

• first feelings of alarm

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which THREE quotes are descriptions of the LIFEBOAT? (not Titanic)

• the boat descended a fearful distance into that inky blackness beneath (paragraph 21)

• a bone-cracking thud which started the baby crying in earnest (paragraph 23)

• She was getting lower in the water (paragraph 26)

• the women in the boat started to weep (paragraph 27)

• Only three decks now, and still not a list to one side or the other (paragraph 27)

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which THREE quotes are descriptions of the LIFEBOAT? (not Titanic)

• the boat descended a fearful distance into that inky blackness beneath (paragraph 21)

• a bone-cracking thud which started the baby crying in earnest (paragraph 23)

• She was getting lower in the water (paragraph 26)

• the women in the boat started to weep (paragraph 27)

• Only three decks now, and still not a list to one side or the other (paragraph 27)

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which TWO quotes are a description of the TITANIC? (Not the Lifeboat)

• the boat descended a fearful distance into that inky blackness beneath (paragraph 21)

• a bone-cracking thud which started the baby crying in earnest (paragraph 23)

• She was getting lower in the water (paragraph 26)

• the women in the boat started to weep (paragraph 27)

• Only three decks now, and still not a list to one side or the other (paragraph 27)

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which TWO quotes are a description of the TITANIC? (Not the Lifeboat)

• the boat descended a fearful distance into that inky blackness beneath (paragraph 21)

• a bone-cracking thud which started the baby crying in earnest (paragraph 23)

• She was getting lower in the water (paragraph 26)

• the women in the boat started to weep (paragraph 27)

• Only three decks now, and still not a list to one side or the other (paragraph 27)

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2