The Cay Final Quiz Review

QUESTION 1
When Phillip woke up after the Hato was torpedoed, who was with him?

QUESTION 2
How did Timothy protect them from the hot sun while in the raft?

QUESTION 3
Once on the cay, what did Timothy do with the rope he made?

QUESTION 4
What physical condition did Phillip develop which made him even more dependent upon Timothy?

QUESTION 5
The setting of the Cay is

QUESTION 6
The reason why Phillip and his mother were traveling to the United States by ship was because

QUESTION 7
Phillip is unpleasant to Timothy because

QUESTION 8
The location of the Cay in the Devil's mouth makes rescue by a boat unlikely because

QUESTION 9
What did Phillip do to cause Timothy to hit him?

QUESTION 10
According to Timothy, a jumbi is

QUESTION 11
Why does Timothy insist that Phillip do work and learn how to fish?

QUESTION 12
Timothy first loses his strength when he--

QUESTION 13
Timothy dies because of

QUESTION 14
What did Phillip ask Timothy to do

QUESTION 15
At the end of the story, what happens?

QUESTION 16
How did Phillip end up getting rescued from the Cay?

QUESTION 17
What is a reasonable theme of The Cay?

QUESTION 18
A frond is

QUESTION 19
A schooner is a

QUESTION 20
Phillip's blindness may be a metaphor* for _______________________.

*Metaphors are comparisons that show how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way. Metaphors are a way to describe something. Authors use them to make their writing more interesting or entertaining.

Unlike similes that use the words “as” or “like” to make a comparison, metaphors state that something is something else.

SS 8.1 Section Review

The Cay Chapters 13-14 Questions

1. Why did Timothy teach Phillip how to fish?

a. to give Phillip something to do
b. so Phillip could feel good about himself
c. so he could take care of himself if something happened to Timothy

2. What did Phillip use to catch a fish?

a. a fish hook made out of nails
b. spear
c. net

3. What was Timothy too old to do?

a. swim out in the ocean to catch large fish
b. climb the palm trees and get coconuts
c. build a strong hut

4. How did Phillip get to the reef to fish?

a. He followed the driftwood Timothy stuck in the sand.
b. He followed the rope.
c. Timothy took him any time he wanted to go.

5. What sounds did the ocean make?

a. splashing
b. roaring like wind blowing
c. noises like gun shots

6. What did Timothy do with the rope as the hurricane was coming?

a. He tied it to a palm tree on a high point on the island.
b. He tied up Stew Cat.
c. He tied the raft to a palm tree.

7. Why did Timothy and Phillip eat a large meal?

a. Timothy found a new place to catch crabs.
b. Phillip had caught his first fish and they were celebrating.
c. A hurricane was coming and they may not get to eat again for a long time.

8. What did Phillip say to Timothy?

a. Are you still black?
b. Do you like to catch lobsters?
c. Do you know what time it is?

9. Before the storm came the ocean looked ______________ .

a. as smooth as green jelly
b. rough as a porcupine’s back

The Cay Chapter 10-11 Questions

Chapters 10-11

1. How was Phillip able to get around the island?
Phillip got around by using the _ _ _ _ to get to the beach then by using a _ _ _ _.

2. What did Timothy think about Stew Cat?

Timothy thought Stew cat was _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3. What happened to Timothy the morning after he and Phillip talked about voodoo?

a. He was on the north side of the island cutting wood.
b. He went crabbing.
c. He was on the east side of the island building a raft.

4. What worried Phillip about Timothy’s behavior?

a. Phillip was afraid Timothy was going to leave him on the island alone.
b. Stew Cat was missing and he thought Timothy might have him.
c. Timothy kept forgetting things.

5. Why did Timothy put the raft in the ocean?

a. to see if it would float
b. to water proof the boards
c. to put Stew Cat on it long enough for him to chase away the jumbi

6. Why did Timothy wake up one morning with a fever?
He had _ _ _ _ _ _ _

7. How did Timothy act while he was sick?

a. fever and chills, then acting out of his mind
b. like he was in a coma
c. sweating and screaming in pain

8. What did Timothy do while he was sick?

a. rolled around in the sand at the beach
b. climbed a palm tree
c. ran into the ocean

9. How did Timothy feel after the fever broke?

a. He never fully regained his strength again.
b. He was fine, just like before he got sick.

SS Ch 7 Crossword Puzzle Word Bank

Social Studies Chapter 7 Word Bank for Ch 7 Crossword Puzzles

Italy Athens Sparta citizen Pericles

satrap women ephors tyrant Cyrus

Minoan Peloponnesian colonies Asia DelianLeague

strait peninsula Thucydides Asia Minor

SS Chapter 7 Study Guide for Chapter Test

SS Chapter 7 Study Guide for Chapter Test
1.	A narrow body of water with land on both sides is a _ _ _ _ _ _ (as in the _______ of Gibraltar or the Bering ________)
2.	A war between Sparta and Athens that lasted 27 years was the P_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ War.
3.	Ruler who rules with total authority is a t_ _ _ _ _.
4.	Persian “defenders of the kingdom” were _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
5.	Golden Age of great creativity and learning in Athens, named after its greatest general, was the Age of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
6.	Greek city-state focused on government and education, it reached its height under the rule of Pericles was _ _ _ _ _ _.
7.	King of Persia at its height who then tried to fight the Greek city-states for control of the Greek colonies in Asia Minor was _ _ _ _ _ the Great.
8.	Upper class Athenian _ _ _ _ _ could not leave home without a male relative
9	A body of land with ocean on three sides is a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, such as in Greece, Florida or the western part of the Bay Area.
10.	How did Athens and Sparta differ?
11.	The History of the Peloponnesian Wars was written by _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
12.	The Mycenaean civilization came to Greece from central _ _ _ _.
13.	The Greek concept of citizenship usually applied to free _ _ _ only and not to slaves, women or foreigners.
14.	The Spartans differed from other city-states in that they focused more on ___________
15.	The Minoans made their living as s_ _ _ _ _ _, f_ _ _ _ _ _, and t_ _ _ _ _ _. As people who lived on the Island of Crete, this makes sense.
16.	The ephors in Sparta had a function similar to the s_ _ _ _ _ _ in Persia.
17.	The Greeks won the Battle of Salamis because their ships were _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and able to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ more quickly.
18.	The Delian League began as an alliance to defend the many Greek city-states (though not Sparta) against the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Empire. Gradually Athens used it to gain control over the other member city-states.
19.	Many Greek city-states sent people to settle the shores of the Black Sea to set up _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to grow and import _ _ _ _ to be imported back to the mother city-state.
20.	Greek colonies were established in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in present day Turkey, in _ _ _ _ _ near the Nile delta and across the Adriatic Sea in _ _ _ _ _ (think pasta and pizza).

Possible Essay Questions

Consider many of the contributions made by the ancient Greeks to western civilization.

How did the geography of Greece effect the development of the first Greek kingdoms?

Compare and contrast direct democracy of Athens to our representational democracy in the United States.

SS Chapter 7 Study Guide for Chapter Test

1.	A narrow body of water with land on both sides is a _ _ _ _ _ _ (as in the _______ of Gibraltar or the Bering ________)
2.	A war between Sparta and Athens that lasted 27 years was the P_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ War.
3.	Ruler who rules with total authority is a t_ _ _ _ _.
4.	Persian “defenders of the kingdom” were _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
5.	Golden Age of great creativity and learning in Athens, named after its greatest general, was the Age of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
6.	Greek city-state focused on government and education, it reached its height under the rule of Pericles was _ _ _ _ _ _.
7.	King of Persia at its height who then tried to fight the Greek city-states for control of the Greek colonies in Asia Minor was _ _ _ _ _ the Great.
8.	Upper class Athenian _ _ _ _ _ could not leave home without a male relative
9	A body of land with ocean on three sides is a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, such as in Greece, Florida or the western part of the Bay Area.
10.	How did Athens and Sparta differ?
11.	The History of the Peloponnesian Wars was written by _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
12.	The Mycenaean civilization came to Greece from central _ _ _ _.
13.	The Greek concept of citizenship usually applied to free _ _ _ only and not to slaves, women or foreigners.
14.	The Spartans differed from other city-states in that they focused more on ___________
15.	The Minoans made their living as s_ _ _ _ _ _, f_ _ _ _ _ _, and t_ _ _ _ _ _. As people who lived on the Island of Crete, this makes sense.
16.	The ephors in Sparta had a function similar to the s_ _ _ _ _ _ in Persia.
17.	The Greeks won the Battle of Salamis because their ships were _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and able to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ more quickly.
18.	The Delian League began as an alliance to defend the many Greek city-states (though not Sparta) against the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Empire. Gradually Athens used it to gain control over the other member city-states.
19.	Many Greek city-states sent people to settle the shores of the Black Sea to set up _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to grow and import _ _ _ _ to be imported back to the mother city-state.
20.	Greek colonies were established in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in present day Turkey, in _ _ _ _ _ near the Nile delta and across the Adriatic Sea in _ _ _ _ _ (think pasta and pizza).

Possible Essay Questions

Consider many of the contributions made by the ancient Greeks to western civilization.

How did the geography of Greece effect the development of the first Greek kingdoms.

Compare and contrast direct democracy of Athens to our representational democracy in the United States.

Ida B Questions for Novel (for QL)

Literature Questions for Ida B (do the week of March 31-April 4)

1. Why does Ida B go to “talk” with the old tree when the young trees in her
family’s apple orchard tell her that hard times are headed her way?
Ida B goes to speak to the old tree because ________________________________ (p.13).
2. Ida B eats the same meal every day for breakfast—hot rolled oats with raisins and
milk, no sugar—and for lunch—peanut butter on one slice of bread, milk, and an
apple. What are her reasons for never varying her choices? (pp. 34-35). ________________ __________________________________________________________________
3. Why does Ida B feel so upset that Ms. Myers, her kindergarten teacher at the
Ernest B. Lawson Elementary School, wants her to go by the name Ida instead of
Ida B? (pages 44-45) Ida B is upset because Ida___________________
______________________________________________________.
4. Mama’s sickness brought about a lot of changes in Ida B’s life. What were some
of the changes, and how did she feel about them?d (pp. 66-67, 69, 72, 78, 81, 86-89) _______ _________________________________________________________________

5. Ms. Washington tries many subtle tactics to bring Ida B out of her shell. What
exactly does she do? What are some of Ms. Washington’s qualities that appeal to
Ida B? (107, 129-133)_________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________

6. Ida B devises a game to play with Ronnie to help him learn his math facts. They
play the game for money. Ronnie loses money during the math game, but wins it
back during running races against Ida B. Ida B found a way to make Ronnie feel
proud of his strengths while at the same time improving his areas of weakness.
Have you ever helped a friend overcome a weakness? What did you do? How
did it work out? ____________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________

7. Ida B felt so good after reading aloud to the class. She described the feeling as a
“…warm glow that was in my belly and arms and my legs and my head and
wouldn’t go away” (p. 152). Have you ever done something that gave you a
feeling like that? What was it? How would you describe the way it made you
feel? ______________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

8. Daddy tells Ida B that, “We don’t own the earth. We are the earth’s caretakers.”
Ida B answers his comment by saying, “I think the earth takes care of us, too” (pp.
29-32). What does she mean? ___________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________

9. Ida B has all sorts of good feelings after Ms. Washington has her read out loud to
her class, but she holds back on sharing those good feelings with her parents.
What does she think might happen if she tells them? Does she feel better or
worse after sharing some, but not all, of the wonderfulness of reading out loud? (pp. 159-160)
_________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________

10. At the end of the story, Ida B says, “And I just sat on the porch looking at all of
that land and the mountain and the trees and the stars that weren’t mine at all, and
never would be. But in some ways they’d always belong to me, and I couldn’t
imagine not belonging to them” (p. 245). What does she mean when she says
this? _____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________.

11. Ida B says, “…good plans are the best way to maximize fun, avoid disaster, and,
possibly, save the world” (p. 38). Ida B makes a lot of plans throughout the
book. What are some of the plans she makes? Do they achieve these ends? Why
or why not? (20-21, 86-89) _______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________.

12. What do you imagine will happen to Ida B after the last chapter? Will she
continue at Ernest B. Lawson Elementary? Will she make friends? What will her
relationship with Mama and Daddy be like? __________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________

13. Claire tells Ida B that she is mean. Do you think Ida B does mean things? Is she
a mean person? What does she do to make things right with Claire? With the old
tree? Have you ever done something mean, then tried to make it right? How did
it work out? _______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

14. What do Evan and Ida Applewood, Ida B’s parents, do right in raising Ida B? Do
they make mistakes in raising her? Was it a good idea to home school her? Was
it a good decision to send her back to school? __________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________.

SS 7.4 Test

Quiz 7.4 Preview

Matching

A=Aspasia B=Thucydides C= direct democracy D= representative democracy E= Pericles .

__1. historian who wrote History of the Peloponnesian War __2. citizens choose a smaller group to make laws and governmental decisions __3. all citizens gather at mass meetings to decide on governmental matters __4. the great Athenian statesman who wrote the famous Funeral Oration __5. the woman whose work helped shapePlato’s ideas

A=housewife B=Ideas C=Delian D= Sparta E=Talent

__6. The ___________ League promised to defend its members against the Persians.
__7. Pericles believed a person’s __________was more important than his or her social standing.
__8. Philosophers are thinkers who ponder ___________.
__9. What was the main occupation of Athenian women?
__10. During the Peloponnesian War, _________ fought Athens for control of Greece?

The Cay Part 1 Quiz Preview

Preview of The Cay Part 1 Quiz

Name Date

Quiz Name:	The Cay - Chapters 1-6
Type:	Multiple Choice (random answer order)
Instructions:

1. What arrived during the night in February 1942? Circle Answer British airplanes German submarines Dutch tankers

2. Where does the first chapter of the story take place? Circle Answer Hawaii Aruba Curacao

3. What did Phillip and Henrick like to play? Circle Answer cops and robbers Batman and Robin pirates

4. What kind of job did Phillip's dad have? Circle Answer He worked in the oil refinery trying to increase the production of aviation gas. He had a large plantation that grew sugar cane. He owned a chain of hotels in the Caribbean.

5. Where did Phillip's dad want Phillip and his mom to sleep? Circle Answer in their upstairs bedrooms downstairs on the ground level in a church basement bomb shelter

6. How many submarines surrounded the island? Circle Answer 2 3 8

7. Where had Phillip lived before moving to the island? Circle Answer Virginia The Netherlands California

8. What kind of weapons did the islanders have to fight the German submarines? Circle Answer long range missles cannons none at all

9. What did Phillip put under his pillow for protection? Circle Answer hatchet pocket knife meat clever

10. What did Phillip's mother want to do? Circle Answer play at the fort go back to Norfolk, Virginia surrender to the Germans

11. What supplies were getting low on the island? Circle Answer fresh water and vegetables ammunition medicine

12. What happened to the S. S. Empire Tern? Circle Answer It hit a sand bar and couldn't move The German submarines destroyed it with torpedoes It ran out of fuel

13. What did Phillip's mother convince his father to do? Circle Answer get passage of the S. S. Hato to Miami for her and Phillip get airline tickets on the American Express to Texas join the Navy

14. Why did the S. S. Hato need to stop at Panama before going to the states? Circle Answer to take a crew of naval officers there to deliver four pumps to pick up more passengers

15. Where was Timothy from? Circle Answer Africa Virginia The West Indies island of St. Thomas

16. How was Timothy kind to Phillip? Circle Answer He kept him warm during the night and carefully rationed the food He gave him fresh squeezed orange juice He gave him medicine for his headache

17. What did Timothy use to make the sun shelter in the life boat? Circle Answer an old umbrella sheets from the Hato that he took with him wood from the boat and his and Phillip's shirts and pants

18. What was wrong with Phillip when he woke up? Circle Answer his arm ached from sleeping on it he was sunburned he could not see

19. What did Timothy say was bad luck? Circle Answer Walking under a ladder Being a selfish and racist kid Stew, the cat

20. What was on the island (cay) once they got there? Circle Answer people food and fresh water sea grapes and palm trees

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SS Review and Test Prep for Chapter 7 Section 4

SS Assignment for end of Chapter 7 Section 3

Review of SS 7.3 Persia Attacks the Greeks

Overview of Ancient Greek History

SS 7.1 Review

Questions for "he Lion", "Fox and the Crow" and "Wolf and the House Dog"

Students do page 232 #2-8
Scaffolding is below:

#2: Who is the Trickster in the first two stories?
In "he Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit", the trickster is _____ __________. I know this because he _________________________________.
In "The Fox and the Crow", the trickster was the _____ because he ________________.

#3: In "he Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit", the animal who thinks he is the strongest is __ _____. In reality the strongest is _____.
#4: The crow opened her beak because __________________. As a result, the fox got _________.
#5: The house dog encouraged the wolf to ____________________. However, the wolf returns to the wild because he values _____________ above everything else.
#6: Rabbits and foxes have the qualities of being _______, __________ and _________. That is why people think of them as good tricksters.
#7: The animals in the stories remind me of people. he Lion reminds me of people who are _______________. The crow is like people who are __________________.
#8: The morals or lessons of each story are:
"he Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit"= _______________________________.
"The Fox and the Crow"= _________________________________________.
"Wolf and the House Dog"=________________________________________.

Language Arts Test on Friday March 7th -- Prepare Here

Language Arts Chapter 4 Review / Test Prep

SS 7.2 Test Prep

Here is the review for Social Studies Ch 7 Section 2. Test will be on Quiz Lab on Friday 3/7.