Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following is NOT an example of how, in the early chapters of the book (Chapters 1-5, specifically), the author foreshadows the important role that nature, the weather, and the sea will play in the story?

A) Cyrus notes that the sea has been eating away at the island and has already swallowed a beach and a pier.

B) The weather is cloudy, rainy, and moody when the boys gather in the courtyard for the Morning Muster.

C) Cyrus predicts the sea will “have it all” before she’s through.

D) Mr. Warwick believes that, in a few months, a storm will wreak havoc on the left wing of Slabhenge, a vision that came to him in a dream.

2. As Colin drags the body of the Admiral away, an object falls out of the Admiral’s pocket. What is it?

A) A compass

B) A key

C) A coin

D) A rosary

3. Why does Sebastian declare himself in charge now that the adults are all dead?

A) Because he has been on the island the longest and is also the oldest

B) Because he is the strongest of all the boys

C) Because he is the smartest of anyone on the island, which an IQ test has proved