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Into the Lifeboat
Test Review
Question | Answer |
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In paragraph 7 of the selection, how do passengers react when they are asked to board lifeboats? | Some passengers eagerly board lifeboats, while others need encouragement. |
reluctant | unwilling |
illuminated | lit up; shining with lights |
Simile | comparing two things with the words like or as. example: She was like a breath of fresh air. |
The author wrote this selection most likely to | record her personal experience during an important event |
What is conveyed by the details about the baby in paragraph 19-20 of the selection? Cite evidence from the text to support your answer. | The details about the baby convey the sense that everyone is so terrified and frantic aboard the ship that the scene seems surreal. The baby is treated like a possession lost in the chaos. |
11:40 pm, April 14, 1912 | The date and time when the Titanic hit the iceberg |
Which ocean did the Titanic sink in? | Atlantic Ocean |
20 | the amount of lifeboats on the Titanic |
The captain of the Titanic | Edward John Smith |
The first ship to respond to Titanic's distress signals | RMS Carpathia |
The ship that ignored the Titanic's distress signals. | The Californian |
wear | used when talking about clothing |
were | the plural past tense of the verb 'are' |
we're | a contraction of 'we are' |
where | an adverb relating to a place/position |