Question

describing settings and events — quiz — level o
the paddlers struggled to keep their balance, but as
the boat popped back up, wyatt was thrown backward
into the water. the water tossed him around, and the
waves pulled him under and shoved him back up.

he looked over his shoulder, expecting brody to throw
him the lifeline, but wyatt had already moved 50 yards
ahead of the raft. wyatt thought back to brody’s safety
talk.

“if you fall in,” brody had told them, “float on your back,
feet facing downriver so your legs can protect you from
any rocks you might hit.”
what happens right after wyatt
falls overboard?
wyatt gets tossed around by the
water.
wyatt struggles to keep his balance on
the raft.
wyatt moves 50 yards ahead of the
raft.
wyatt thinks back to brody’s safety
talk.

Explanation:

From the text: "Wyatt was thrown backward into the water. The water tossed him around...", so right after he falls overboard, he gets tossed around by the water. The other options: struggling to keep balance on the raft is what the paddlers did before Wyatt fell; moving 50 yards ahead and thinking about the safety talk happen after being tossed.

Answer:

A. Wyatt gets tossed around by the water.