The Cay – Chapter 3

Circle the letter of the correct answer.

After leaving Panama, what happened to the S.S. Hato?

a. It got caught in a storm.

b. It hit land.

c. It was torpedoed.

When Phillip woke up who was with him?

d. the captain of the S.S. Hato

e. his mother

f. a large black man

Who else was with Phillip?

g. Stew, the cat

h. Mouser, the cat

i. Bear, a dog

j. Feathers, the parrot.

T or F

_____ As Phillip was lowered into the life boat, the bow tilted and he was dumped into the water.

_____ Phillip didn’t like Timothy when he first saw him.

_____ While in the raft, the black man protected them from the hot sun by using a piece of canvas as a top.

Fill in the blanks.

Phillip hurt his _______________.

For supper, Phillip ate a _________________.

Write in sentences to answer these questions.

Copy two of Timothy’s sentences from this chapter. Then, write each sentence again in the way that you would say it.

From page _______

Timothy-______________________________________________________________

I’d say - ______________________________________________________________

From page _______

Timothy - _________________________________________________________________

I’d say - __________________________________________________________________

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