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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the main character in the story?
Edward
John
Jerry
Victor
- 2. Multiple Choice
The setting of the story is ____________.
a hotel
a mountain
the city
a beach
- 3. Multiple Choice
What's Jerry's nationality?
English
Fench
Australian
Canadian
- 4. Multiple Choice
Jerry's beach is ___________.
calm
rocky
dangerous
big
- 5. Multiple Choice
The boys Jerry saw at the rocky beach were trying to _____________.
swim underwater across the rock
make fun of Jerry
help Jerry to swim
eating pizza
- 6. Multiple Choice
Does Jerry have any siblings?
yes
no
- 7. Multiple Choice
According to the dialogue in the story, the relationship between Jerry and his mother ___________.
shows how Jerry is resentful of his mother.
demonstrates how young boys like to deceive their mothers.
is a caring relationship
is fragile and shows signs of tension.
- 8. Multiple Choice
When Jerry’s mother lets Jerry go to another beach it is because _________.
she is determined to be neither possessive nor lacking in devotion
she is determined to be neither possessive nor lacking in devotion.
she wants time to herself
she is tired of him pouting to get his own way
- 9. Multiple Choice
Jerry yells out a warning to the boys because ________.
he wants attention
he has a nose-bleed
one of the boys is his friend
one of the boys has not surfaced
- 10. Multiple Choice
Jerry wants the swimming goggles because _________.
he wants to find the octopus in the rocks
he wants to see the entrance to the tunnel
he wants to watch where the boys go
the salt in the water irritates his eyes
- 11. Multiple Choice
Jerry’s eventual goal is to _________.
swim through the tunnel
prove to the other boys he can be like them
show his mother what he can do on his own
hold his breath for two minutes
- 12. Multiple Choice
Jerry carefully counted the seconds he was underwater, but became stuck on ______________ seconds and kept repeating the same number over and over.
50
72
100
115
- 13. Open Ended
Describe in detail the mother-son relationship at the beginning of the story.
- 14. Open Ended
Why does Jerry’s mother feel she is too protective?
- 15. Open Ended
What important lesson did Jerry learn about himself?
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