Text Evidence
BONUS (worth double): Find 1 sentence from the passage to support the idea that Tom feels nobody loves him.
"He was gloomy and desperate", "He was a forsaken, friendless boy", "he said that nobody loved him"
2. Part A: Tom _______.
C. shares feelings of unhappiness with Joe Harper.
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
What is the meaning of the word 'rendezvous' from the passage?
a meeting place
What is an inference?
an educated guess
BONUS (worth double): Find 1 sentence from the passage to support the idea that the boys decided to become pirates.
"after listening to Tom, he conceded that there were some obvious advantages about a life of crime, and so he consented to be a pirate"
2. Part B: Both Tom and Joe Harper ____.
A. decide to escape from their problems and become pirates.
BONUS (worth double): What is the conflict of this passage?
Tom feels that nobody loves him and that he must run away.
BONUS (worth double): What does the word 'hermit' mean as used in the passage in paragraph 5?
a person living alone
BONUS (worth double): What can we infer that the boys bring 'hooks and lines' for when they run away to the river?
to catch fish to eat
1. What does paragraph 1 suggest about Tom?
B. Tom pities himself, feeling that he must choose a criminal life.
10. Which of the following best expresses a main theme of this excerpt?
C. Children sometimes respond to emotional hurt with dramatic plans of escape.
3. Part A: Which sentence below best states how the author uses the school bell to advance the plot?
A. It helps to convey the tone of Tom's depressed condition.
6. Choose two phrases that convey the authors meaning of 'soul sworn comrade' in the sentence from paragraph 3.
B. reliable partner
F. faithful companion
8. How is Joe's view of his future different from Tom's?
D. Joe wants to live in poverty in a cave.
3. Part B: Which details from the passage best supports the answer to #3 Part A?
C. "He sobbed now, to think he should never, ever hear that old familiar sound anymore." (paragraph 2)
11. How does the author develop the theme throughout the excerpt?
B. By showing the boys' emotional reactions and their unrealistic plans to escape their problems
5. Which sentence below best explains why the boys choose Jackson's Island?
C. It is uninhabited and has a thick forest.
7. Which word best defines transpired as it is used in the sentence from paragraph 4?
B. happened
9. Which phrase would help the viewer understand the central idea of the story if it were made into a movie?
A. outside camera shots of Joe and Tom leaving town for an island