The Cay, Chapters 1-10

The Cay

Answer all questions in complete sentences.

Chapter 1

1. What arrived during the night?
2. Where does the story take place?
3. What did Phillip and Henrick like to play?
4. What kind of job did Phillip's dad have?
5. Where did Phillip's dad want Phillip and his mom to sleep?
6. How many submarines surrounded the island?
7. Where had Phillip lived before moving to the island?
8. What kind of weapons did the islanders have to fight the German submarines?

Chapter 2

1. What did Phillip put under his pillow for protection?
2. What did Phillip's mother want to do?
3. What supplies were getting low on the island?
4. What happened to the S. S. Empire Tern?
5. What did Phillip's mother convince his father to do?
6. Why did the S. S. Hato need to stop at Panama before going to the states?

Chapter 3

1. After leaving Panama, what happened to the S. S. Hato?
2. What happened to Phillip as he was being lowered in the life boat?
3. How was Phillip hurt?
4. When Phillip woke up who was with him?
5. Who else was with Phillip?
6. How did the black man protect them from the hot sun while in the raft?
7. What was the man's name?
8. How did Phillip fell about Timothy?
9. What did Phillip eat for supper?

Chapter 4

1. How did Phillip feel about Timothy?
2. Where was Timothy from?
3. What did Phillip and Timothy eat for breakfast?
4. How was Timothy kind to Phillip?
5. What was wrong with Phillip when he woke up?
6. How did Phillip react to being blind?

Chapters 5 and 6

1. What did Timothy and Phillip hear?
2. What did Timothy do to get the attention of the airplane?
3. What did Timothy warn Phillip to always be careful of?
4. What did Timothy say was bad luck?
5. How was Phillip able to "see"?
6. What happened when Phillip fell overboard?
7. How did Phillip get back on the raft?
8. What did Timothy see about 2 miles away?
9. What was on the island?

Chapters 7 and 8

1. What was Timothy going to do to try to rescue Phillip and himself?

2. Where was the island that Timothy found?

3. How did Phillip feel when Timothy went to explore the island?

4. How big was the island?

5. What bad news did Timothy tell Phillip?

6. What type of shelter did Timothy make?

7. How did Phillip react when Timothy left him alone?

8. What did Timothy catch for supper?

9. Why did Timothy want Phillip to spell the word H-E-L-P for him?

Chapters 9 and 10

1. What did Timothy do with the rope he made?

2. What work did Timothy want Phillip to do?

3. Why did Timothy hit Phillip?

4. Phillip began to change the day Timothy hit him. How did he change?

5. Why was Timothy and Phillip glad when it started raining?

6. What fun did Timothy have as a young man?

7. How did Phillip begin to feel about black people after his talk with Timothy?

8. What did Timothy and Phillip eat?

9. What food was on the island that Timothy and Phillip could not eat?