The Cay Literacy Skill Test
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| The climax is the major turning point of a story. What happened at the climax of The Cay? | show 🗑
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| show | Curacao, an island off the coast of Venezuela, in 1942.
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| show | sacrifice
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| On the raft, Timothy told Phillip that they had water, some biscuits and chocolate, and dry matches. He said, "We'ave rare good luck, young bahss." What does this tell readers about Timothy? | show 🗑
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| show | a belief in spirits
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| show | the idea that skin color doesn't matter
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| show | He was more mature and accepting of people who were different.
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| show | His main goals were to encourage, protect, and train Phillip.
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| Why did Timothy change his story about his friend from Barbados who had lost and then regained his sight? | show 🗑
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| Why might readers think that Timothy had experienced racial prejudice in his life? | show 🗑
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| show | Phillip and his mother would have reached the United States and gone to live in Virginia.
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| show | Phillip's mother was frightened to death to fly.
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| What happened when Phillip went diving for langosta? | show 🗑
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| show | to make the smoke black
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| show | by dropping pebbles into a can
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| How did Phillip feel when he figured out what Timothy had been doing while Stew Cat was missing? | show 🗑
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| show | They should be careful how much water they used from the keg.
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| show | Phillip and Timothy heard a crack like a rifle shot.
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| Details and descriptions that appeal to a reader's senses are called imagery. Which of these includes imagery? | show 🗑
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| show | He was ugly.
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| Which of the following events from the story was the reader most likely able to predict before it happened? | show 🗑
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| show | "Tis outrageous dem coconut hang up in d'sky when we could use d'milk an' meat."
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| show | "Timothy, are you still black?"
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| show | An old black man and a blind white boy become friends as they struggle to survive on a small island.
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