FINAL TEST
The Cay
DIRECTIONS: Take this test in the fifth section of your notebook. Number to 50. Place
only the letters and numbers where needed. Each question is worth two points.
Section One:
DIRECTIONS: MATCHING. Match these quotes with the characters who said them by using the
letter designated to the character.
A. Mr. Enright B. Mrs. Enright C. Phillip Engright D.Timothy E. sailor
1. “There is more danger in the trip back…than there is in staying here.”
2. “They are not the same as you, Phillip. They are different and they live differently. That is
the way it must be.”
3. “Young bahss, d’wind ‘as shift. You’ll be warmer on dis side.”
4. “Something happened to me that day on the cay. I’m not quite sure what it was even now, but
I had begun to change.”
5. “You wouldn’t believe wa’s up there.”
DIRECTIONS: TRUE OR FALSE: Write T for true and F for false.
6. Phillips mother was not prejudiced.
7. Mr, Enright and his family boarded the ship S.S. Hato for a trip to Charleston.
8. Phillip, at first, did not like Timothy.
9. Stew Cat died in the hurricane.
10. Phillip lived on the island for the rest of his life.
11. The USS Emperor Tern I was an oil tanker bound for France.
12. Mr. Enright stays to work for the war effort.
13. The S.S. Hato had no lifeboats.
14. Phillip falls into the water when the Hato is sinking.
15. Phillip constantly thanks Timothy for saving his life.
16. Phillip loses his sight immediately after waking up on the raft the first time.
17. Timothy is very cautious with the drinking water.
18. Timothy treats Phillip badly, and Phillip never talks back to Timothy.
19. The dog on the raft is called Soup Dog.
20. Timothy probably wants to get off the raft because of the sharks.
DIRECTIONS: FILL IN THE BLANK WITH THE LETTER OF THE CORRECT WORD.
21. Timothy suggested they ____ the langosta.
a. fry
b. eat raw
c. roast
22. Timothy believes the cay is in an area called
a. The Cayman Islands
b. Devil’s Mouth
c. The middle of the Pacific Ocean
23. When arranging the rocks, Phillip realizes the Timothy
a. Is weak physically
b. Is bossy and rude
c. Can’t read
24. Timothy wants Phillip to make the ___ and begin working.
a. roof of the hut
b. mats for the floor
c. whole hut by himself
25. Timothy begins to show signs of having ____.
a. malaria
b. cancer
c. allergies
DIRECTIONS: PUT THESE EVENTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER WITH 1 BEING THE
FIRST EVENT TO HAPPEN.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
Timothy runs to the water to cool down his fever
Timothy teaches Phillip how to fish (feesh).
Timothy tries to get rid of the jumbi
Timothy makes Phillip a rope
Timothy makes Phillip a cane
DIRECTIONS: PLACE THESE ITEMS IN CHONLOGICAL ORDER
31. Timothy dies
32. The US Navy rescues Phillip
33. Phillip builds a hut by himself
34. The eye of the storm comes
35. Timothy straps both of them to the tree.
DIRECTIONS: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS FROM CHAPTERS 14-19 AS T FOR
TRUE AND F FOR FALSE.
36. Timothy and Phillip had been on the cay for a whole year.
37. One sign a hurricane was coming was the loud crack of the waves.
38. Timothy knew the islands close by were Aruba and Cuba.
39. Timothy makes Phillip cover him throughout the storm so Phillip is hit hardest by the water.
40. Timothy and Phillip never have time to rest during the storm.
41. Phillip is angry with Timothy for dying.
42. The leeside of a tree, for example, is the side not hit by the force of the water or wind.
43. Phillip does not take any chances at hurting himself when he fishes.
44. Phillip makes up names for the birds that he hears.
45. Phillip paid no attention to the fire after Timothy died.
46. The sea grape becomes a solution to Phillip’s problem about the smoke.
47. Phillip never gives up hope; he always feels he will be rescued.
48. When the sailor said, “You won’t believe what’s up here,” he was referring to Phillip.
49. Phillip was rescued because of the black smoke.
50. Phillip never wanted to return to the cay.