Question

the cay chapter 1

1. read the following sentence from chapter 1.

like silent, hungry sharks that swim in the darkness, the german submarines arrived in the middle of the night.
the author uses the simile in this sentence to __________.
a) make the reader know that sharks swim in the sea around willemstad
b) to emphasize how frightening the arrival of german submarines was to the people of willemstad
c) to describe to the reader what the german submarines looked like
d) to make the german submarines seem real

1. which line from the book shows that it is written in first person?

a) i was asleep on the second floor of our narrow, gabled green house in willemstad, on the island of curacao, the largest of the dutch islands just off the coast of venezuela.
b) one german sub was even sighted off willemstad at dawn.
c) phillip, the enemy has finally attacked the island, and there will be no school today.
d) they once stormed the island long ago.

1. \the cay\ can best be described as

a) historical fiction.
b) a drama.
c) a biography.
d) realistic fiction.

1. how does the setting in chapter 1 emphasize conflict in the story?

a) native schooners from venezuela, aruba, and bonaire were coming in with bananas, oranges, papayas, melons, and vegetables.
b) the dutch were raiding the spanish galleons.
c) willemstad had to defend itself against the storming pirates and the british.
d) world war ii had come to the caribbean by way of germans who wanted the oil from the refineries.

1. phillip and his best friend henrik disobey their mothers by __________.

a) skipping school to go down to the shipyard
b) going down to the harbor after the arrival of the germans
c) playing war games with the caribbean sailors by pretending to be pirates
d) using mr. van bovens binoculars to see the soldiers in the ancient fort

Explanation:

Question 1

• Option a: The simile is about submarines, not sharks' location. Eliminate.
• Option b: Sharks are silent, hungry, and in darkness, creating a frightening image. Comparing submarines to them emphasizes the fear their arrival caused. Correct.
• Option c: The simile is about the effect of their arrival, not their appearance. Eliminate.
• Option d: The simile doesn't make them "real" but emphasizes fear. Eliminate.

• First - person writing uses "I/we". Option a has "I was asleep", showing first - person.
• Option b: Uses "one German sub" (third - person). Eliminate.
• Option c: Mentions "Phillip" (third - person). Eliminate.
• Option d: Uses "they" (third - person). Eliminate.

• Option a: "The Cay" is set during WWII (historical context) and is a work of fiction. So historical fiction.
• Option b: It's a novel, not a drama (which is more for stage). Eliminate.
• Option c: It's not a biography (biography is about real - life person's life). Eliminate.
• Option d: While it has realistic elements, the historical context (WWII) makes historical fiction a better fit. Eliminate.

Answer:

b) to emphasize how frightening the arrival of German submarines was to the people of Willemstad

Question 2