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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the most likely reason the author includes her observations in paragraph 3?
As I turned I ran into Jock, the band leader, and his crowd with their instruments. "Funny, they must be going to play," thought I, and at this late hour! Jock smiled in passing, looking rather pale for him, remarking, "Just going to give them a tune to cheer things up a bit," and passed on. Presently the strains of the band reached me faintly as I stood on deck watching a young woman excitedly remonstrating with an embarrassed young officer. He wanted her to get into the lifeboat he was trying to fill but she refused to go without her father.
to express her fear of sailing
how to do CPR
to show how passengers and crew first reacted when the ship began to sink
to introduce all the characters
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the best definition of reluctance?
steady and easy going
unwilling
excited and ready
confused
- 3. Multiple Choice
In paragraph 7 of the selection, how do passengers react when they are asked to board lifeboats?
One boat was already being lowered with very few people in it. When this was pointed out as a shining example for backward souls by the officer near me, he got a rather alarming response as the crowd surged forward to embark. The boat was lowered very full, almost too full this time: and so on. Always some held back in need of coaxing while a few were too eager.
The passengers think the sinking is a joke.
All the passengers get in the lifeboats in a swift and easy way.
Some passengers eagerly board lifeboats, while others need encouragement
The passengers wait for the helicopters and skydivers.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Read the sentences from paragraph 15 of the selection
Looking along the length of the ship, I noticed the forward part of her was lower now, much lower! For a fraction of a second, my heart stood still, as is often the case when faith, hitherto unshaken faith, gets its first setback
Those lines reflect the narrator's __
fear of heights
sense of time
faith that all will be fine
first feelings of alarm
- 5. Multiple Choice
Read the sentence from paragraph 22 of the selection.
"Surely it is all a dream," I thought as I looked up the side of the ship, beautifully illuminated, each deck alive with lights; the dynamos were on the top deck.
Which phrase from the sentence helps the reader understand the meaning of the word illuminated?
Surely it is all a dream
as I looked up the side of the ship
each deck alive with lights
the dynamos were on the top deck
- 6. Multiple Choice
Groaning, the boat descended a fearful distance into that inky blackness beneath, intensified as the lights fell on it occasionally.
Is this quote a description of
the lifeboat
the Titanic
- 7. Multiple Choice
We touched the water with a terrific thud, a bone-cracking thud which started the baby crying in earnest. Somebody in the forepart ordered oars out and we slowly pulled away from the side of the ship. I noticed one of the few men in the boat rowing; he was a fireman who had evidently just come up from the stokehold, his face still black with coal dust and eyes red-rimmed wearing only a thin singlet to protect him from the cold.
Is this a description of
the lifeboat
the Titanic
- 8. Multiple Choice
No, I had made no mistake. There were only five decks now; then I started all over again- only four now. She was getting lower in the water. I could not any longer deny it.
This is a description of
the lifeboat
the Titanic
- 9. Multiple Choice
As if all could read my mind, the women in the boat started to weep, some silently, some unrestrainedly. I closed my eyes and prayed, prayed for one and all but dared not think of anyone in particular. I dared not visualize those people I had just left, warm and alive as I was. I tried to busy myself with the baby, but could not refrain from looking up again. Only three decks now, and still not a list to one side or the other.
This is a description of
the lifeboat
the Titanic
- 10. Multiple Choice
The author wrote this selection most likely to --
record her personal experience during an important event
to convince people to try a cruise
to reveal a mystery
to convince people that the captain didn't know what to do
- 11. Multiple Choice
What did young Mason put in the author's arms, telling her to look after it?
What was it?
jewels
a baby
a dog
his wallet
- 12. Multiple Choice
"Surely it is all a dream," I thought as I looked up the side of the ship, beautifully illuminated, each deck alive with lights; the dynamos were on the top deck. I tried to make myself believe it could not be true, all this.
"Surely it is all a _____," I thought
a treasure
movie
book
dream
- 13. Multiple Choice
Why was the author fascinated, and continuing to look at the boat? (paragraph 24)
she hoped it would keep the Titanic floating
she was tired
she was angry that her vacation ended so quickly
she was looking to see if her parents were still on the ship
- 14. Multiple Choice
As if all could read my mind, the women. in the boat started to weep, some unrestrainedly. I closed my eyes and prayed, prayed for one and all but dared not think of anyone in particular. I dared not visualize those people I had just left, warm and alive as I was. I tried to busy myself with the baby, but could not refrain from looking up agian. Only three decks now, now, and still not a list to one side or the other.
Why were the women in the boat starting to weep?
They were cold and tired
They were realizing that their loved ones may not make it off the ship alive
They missed their homes
They thought the captain had made a mistake
- 15. Multiple Choice
A tiny breeze, the first we had felt on this calm night, blew an icy blast across my face; it felt like a knife in its penetrating coldness. I sat paralyzed with cold and misery, as I watched Titanic lurch forward. One of the huge funnels toppled off like a cardboard model, falling into the sea with a fearful roar. A few cries came to us across the water, then silence, as the ship seemed to right herself like a hurt animal with a broken back.
The night felt____
calm and comfortable
cold and miserable
dark and stormy
bright and sunny
- 16. Multiple Choice
like a cardboard model and like a knife
are examples of
hyperbole
personification
simile
metaphor
- 17. Multiple Choice
great physical or mental pain
is considered . . .
wail
agonizing
misty
mercy
- 18. Multiple Choice
Into the Lifeboat is a ...
novel
memoir
news story
documentary
- 19. Multiple Choice
I started unconsciously to count the decks by the rows of lights. One, two, three, four, five, six: then again--one, two, three, four, five. I stopped. Surely I had miscounted. I went over them again more carefully, hushing the whimpering baby meanwhile. No, I had made no mistake. There were only five decks now; then I started all over again--only four now. She was getting lower in the water. I could not any longer deny it.
Why does the author describe how she counted the rows of deck lights?
to explain that the bright deck lights were on as a signal for help
to demonstrate how loud the crying baby was
to show how she realized that the ship was truly sinking
to signal for help
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which sentence best expresses the author's feelings of both pride and sadness about the ship Titanic?
Desperately, I turned to where that other ships light shone on the horizon; surely they should be getting nearer by now
I tried to make myself believe it could not be true, all this.
Then she went down by the head with a thundering roar of underwater explosions, our proud ship, our beautiful Titanic gone to her doom."
Some men nearby were throwing things over the side--deck chairs, rafts, or any wooden thing lying nearby.
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