Ship Breaker Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Paolo Bacigalupi
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 149 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Ship Breaker Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Paolo Bacigalupi
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 149 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many dives does it take Nailer to open the door?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

2. Upon what is Nailer tugging?
(a) A water pipe.
(b) A burlap sack.
(c) A copper wire.
(d) A huge weed.

3. What does Nailer say she must do if he keeps her alive?
(a) Take him and Pima off the island with her.
(b) Tell his father that Richard stole from her.
(c) Pay them the ransom and not his father.
(d) Give them the clipper ship that wrecked.

4. How is Nailer seeing what he is doing?
(a) He has some phosphorescent gel smeared on his forehead.
(b) He is holding a flashlight in his mouth.
(c) It's daylight, and he has no need for any extra light.
(d) He's wearing a miner's cap.

5. How does Nailer manage to avoid a beating from his father?
(a) Nailer runs quickly to his room.
(b) Nailer tells him that Bapi wants to talk to the father.
(c) Nailer gives him a bottle of liquor.
(d) Nailer tells him that he was promoted.

6. What do crews do?
(a) Build spacecraft.
(b) Build homes.
(c) Build ships.
(d) Salvage work.

7. Why is Nailer hesitant about seeing Richard?
(a) He thinks Richard looks different.
(b) He feels badly that he was not able to save his father himself.
(c) He's not sure if his father is drunk.
(d) He's not sure how his father feels about being saved.

8. What does Lucky Girl say is probably on the clipper ship?
(a) More canned goods.
(b) More jewels.
(c) Penicillin.
(d) A radio.

9. What worries Nailer?
(a) Not making his quota.
(b) Bapi being angry that he let the oil into the water.
(c) His sister starving.
(d) Sloth getting revenge.

10. What does Nailer tell Sloth?
(a) He has broken his arm.
(b) He is in a poisonous vapor duct.
(c) He has found some gold wires.
(d) He is swimming in oil.

11. Where is Nailer crawling?
(a) Through a corn field.
(b) In an attic.
(c) Under a house.
(d) Through a narrow tunnel.

12. How long has Nailer owned the mask he wears?
(a) Years.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) One day.
(d) About 3 days.

13. Why does Pima hand Nailer a knife?
(a) To cut off the fingers of the girl to get her rings.
(b) To make sure the girl is dead.
(c) To cut off a diamond necklace a dead girl is wearing.
(d) To dig out the diamond stud in the girl's nose.

14. For how many days does the storm rage?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

15. What does her father know about Lucky Girl's situation?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Lucky Girl is safe.
(c) The tracer is disabled.
(d) The clipper was in the storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What room does Nailer find as he is searching through the ship?

2. What does Pima start thinking about immediately after seeing the clipper ship?

3. Why does Nailer wear a mask?

4. What does Nailer find on his first dive?

5. Why do the children work so hard when Bapi comes around?

(see the answer keys)

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