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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what does Timothy tell Phillip is temporary?
(a) Stew's illness.
(b) Phillip's blindness.
(c) Their being stranded.
(d) Timothy's fever.

2. In Chapter 4, when Phillip wakes up in the dark after feeling ill, what time does Timothy tell him it is?
(a) 3 p.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Noon.
(d) 10 a.m.

3. Off of what country's coast is the island Phillip and his parents live on at the beginning of the book?
(a) America.
(b) Venezuela.
(c) England.
(d) Canada.

4. What type of ship do the Chinese crewman refuse to sail on?
(a) Battleship
(b) Submarine.
(c) Oil tanker.
(d) Cruise ship.

5. Which of his mother's attitudes does Phillip agree with for the first time in Chapter 3?
(a) Her dislike of black people.
(b) Her distrust of sailors.
(c) Her love of black people.
(d) Her desire to return to Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phillip hide under his makeshift bed on the couch?

2. Who is Grace?

3. In Chapter 3, why does Phillip vomit over the side of the raft?

4. How does Timothy order Phillip to get around on the raft?

5. In Chapter 5, while Phillip and Timothy are on the raft, what does Timothy use to make a smoke signal?

(see the answer key)

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