Vocabulary
As he hit the water, Jack That was sucked down."The cold water was terrific. The shock of the water took the breath out of my lungs."
The best meaning of terrific in the sentence.
What is very intense?
The first passengers on the deck of the Titanic reacted by...
A. spreading the alarm
B. getting into life boats
C. Cleaning off the deck
D. Playing with the ice
What is playing with the ice?
Inventions that are a novelty means
A. successful
B.unusual
What is unusual?
"We could see bunches of people aboard, clinging in clusters or bunches, LIKE swarming bees."
This example illustrates
What is simile?
Jack Thayer's comments are an example of
A. primary source
B. secondary source
What is a primary source?
The Captain was on duty on the bridge, so Birde handed the message to him.
The meaning of bridge in the sentence.
What is a ship's control room?
The Californian did not help the Titanic because...
A.Crew members aboard the Californian did not believe the problem was serious
B.The Californian was too far away
C. the captains did not get along
D. radio operators on the Californian did not receive the messages
What is radio operators on the Californian did not receive the messages?
Hotel accommodations mean
A. layout of the building
B. guests who pay full price
C. rooms and food
What is rooms and food?
"Exploring the Titanic"is told by _____________ point of view
A. first person
B. second person
C. third person omniscient
What is Third Person Omniscient?
Second class passengers included
A. poor people
B. teachers and other professionals
c. rich people
What is teachers and other professionals
define prophecy
What is a prediction of future events?
Many people died because of
A. ice damaged many boats
B. the life boats were faulty
C. There was not enough life boats
What is there was not enough lifeboats?
Ghastly means
A, not living
B. horrible
c. on a ship
What is horrible?
The Titanic's near collision with the New York during the River Test is an example of
A. irony
B. foreshadowing
What is foreshadowing?
Immediately after Fred Fleet saw the iceberg from the crow's nest....
A. the first lifeboat was lowered
B.crew members tried to turn the ship around
What is crew members tried to turn the ship around?
Two rooms are adjoining means
What is next to each other
Mistake Captain Smith made
A. sent confusing radio messages
B. gave orders to the wrong people
C. He ignored warnings about ice ahead
What is ignoring warnings about ice ahead?
Chronological means
What is in order?
The author mentions each iceberg warnings in the radio room to
A. to emphasize that the collision could have been prevented
B. to make the reader feel sorry
What is to emphasize that the collision could have been prevented?
The first event in this list
A.Water poured into the ship
B. Jack climbed into a life boat
C.the radio room received ice warnings
What is the radio room received ice warnings?
Feverishly means
What is an intense way
The people located on the lowest level....
A. first class
B. second class
C. third class
What is third class or what is manual laborers?
It took the Titanic _____________ hours to sink
A. 2 hours
B. 10 hours
C. 6 hours
What is 10 hours?
Pictures in the selection enhance the reader's understanding
A.establish important details
b.establish the setting
c. create conflict
What is establish important details?
OR
What is establish the setting?
The organizational pattern of the story is told by
A. CAUSE AND EFFECT
B. PROBLEM AND SOLUTION
C. CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
What is the chronological order?