Told the judge that she would move the family away from their father
A) Brady Parks
B) Tom Parks (dad)
C) Dee Parks (mom)
D) JT
E) Digger
F) Carl
G) Mr. DiAngelo
H) Mrs. Griswald
I) Mrs. DiAngelo
Name that character
Could identify with Mrs. DiAngelo about losing a child
A) Brady Parks
B) Tom Parks (dad)
C) Dee Parks (mom)
D) JT
E) Digger
F) Carl
G) Mr. DiAngelo
H) Mrs. Griswald
I) Mrs. DiAngelo
Name that character
"Rich guy" who bought the Griswald farm
A) Brady Parks
B) Tom Parks (dad)
C) Dee Parks (mom)
D) JT
E) Digger
F) Carl
G) Mr. DiAngelo
H) Mrs. Griswald
I) Mrs. DiAngelo
Name that character
Narrator of the story
A) Brady Parks
B) Tom Parks (dad)
C) Dee Parks (mom)
D) JT
E) Digger
F) Carl
G) Mr. DiAngelo
H) Mrs. Griswald
I) Mrs. DiAngelo
Name that character
Takes the butterfly garden when the family moves
A) Brady Parks
B) Tom Parks (dad)
C) Dee Parks (mom)
D) JT
E) Digger
F) Carl
G) Mr. DiAngelo
H) Mrs. Griswald
I) Mrs. DiAngelo
Name that character
Known to have anger issues and pressures other people up to doing bad things
A) Brady Parks
B) Tom Parks (dad)
C) Dee Parks (mom)
D) JT
E) Digger
F) Carl
G) Mr. DiAngelo
H) Mrs. Griswald
I) Mrs. DiAngelo
Name that character
The character who is known for always going along with orders and doing what he is told (even though he may know it is wrong)
A) Brady Parks
B) Tom Parks (dad)
C) Dee Parks (mom)
D) JT
E) Digger
F) Carl
G) Mr. DiAngelo
H) Mrs. Griswald
I) Mrs. DiAngelo
Name that character
Works as a paramedic and offers good advice to Brady throughout the novel
A) Brady Parks
B) Tom Parks (dad)
C) Dee Parks (mom)
D) JT
E) Digger
F) Carl
G) Mr. DiAngelo
H) Mrs. Griswald
I) Mrs. DiAngelo
Name that character
This person's job is on the line, due to the new crabbing regulations
A) Brady Parks
B) Tom Parks (dad)
C) Dee Parks (mom)
D) JT
E) Digger
F) Carl
G) Mr. DiAngelo
H) Mrs. Griswald
I) Mrs. DiAngelo
What is the first bad choice Brady makes in the novel?
A) Saving Ben from the river
B) Throwing the drill into the river
C) Deciding not to call out a warning to Mr. DiAngelo
D) Telling his father about what happened with the kayak
When Brady was out on the water, why didn’t he use his cell phone to call for help?
A) He didn't have cell service
B) He dropped his phone into the river
C) His phone battery was dead
D) He left his cell phone at home
Who helped Brady find Ben in the water?
A) Tilly
B) Mr. DiAngelo
C) His dad
D) JT
How did Amanda die?
A) She drowned
B) She died of hypothermia
C) She was found in her crib, not breathing
D) She died in a car accident
After Ben’s death, Brady was upset because Ben would have “no more second chances” and at one point he flips out while out crabbing with his dad. What does he do?
A) He gave away Ben's hamster
B) He threw all the crabs back overboard that he and his father had caught
C) He destroyed his father's crab pots
D) He threw away his father's drill
From what point of view is the story told?
A) 1st person by Brady
B) 1st person by Ben
C) 3rd person limited
D) 3rd person omniscient
The novel Red Kayak is a flashback after chapter 1.
True
False
Who do Tom and Dee rely on to help Brady through his crisis?
A) JT and Digger
B) Carl
C) Mr. DiAngelo
D) Brady's teachers
Why does Carl’s grandfather have to go into a nursing home?
A) He broke his hip and can no longer take care of himself
B) He got evicted (thrown out) of his apartment after a fire destroyed part of a unit
C) He has a disease called Alzheimer’s and he forgets things, even the names of family members
D) He can no longer see well enough to take care of himself
Which statement best explains why Brady first decides to volunteer to help the DiAngleos?
A) He knows Digger and J.T. put holes in the kayak and he feels guilty about throwing away the
drill
B) He needs the money. His dad is not making much money crabbing and he knows the DiAngelos
are rich and will pay him well
C) He is trying to make Mr. DiAngelo come back home
D) He feels guilty for not calling out a warning on the stormy day he saw the red kayak being
rowed down the river and he feels somewhat responsible for Ben’s death. He is looking for a way to help the DiAngelo family
Why does Brady suggest that his mother should be the one to talk to Mrs. DiAngelo about the butterfly garden? Choose the BEST answer:
A) Brady’s mom knows a lot about plants that attract butterflies
B) Brady thinks his mother can help Mrs. DiAngelo deal with the death of Ben since Mrs. Parks lost
a child, too
C) Brady’s mom and Mrs. DiAngelo are both pregnant
D) Both women believe butterflies represent the spirits of dead children
Who’s idea was it to originally drill holes in the bottom of the DiAngelos' canoe?
A) Digger's idea
B) Brady's idea
C) JT's idea
D) Carl's idea
How does Brady try to get Digger to realize that no one would or should ever forget what had happened to Ben DiAngelo?
A) Brady punches Digger in the stomach to make him realize how painful it is to lose a loved one
B) Brady tells Digger about the day Amanda died and how he and his parents have never gotten
over her death, even though it happened seven years ago
C) Brady says, “What if Hank or LeeAnn froze to death in the river that day? You think you could
just walk away and say everybody would forget about it?"
D) Brady says, “When my mother left us after Amanda’s death, I never got over it. I never have
forgiven her for it. People don’t just forget things, Digger!”
In chapter 16, the author describes Brady sitting at the kitchen table watching a moth trying to beat itself to death on the light over the kitchen sink. What does the moth symbolize? Choose the BEST answer.
A) Ben’s death
B) Brady beating himself up over whether or not he should tell the truth
C) The beating of a heart
D) Brady wondering whether or not the river is responsible for the evil events happening in his life
What evidence from the novel supports the fact Brady’s family is struggling financially?
A) Both of his parents work and have to miss important events like Brady’s awards assembly
B) Brady’s dad works two jobs
C) Brady’s dad gratefully accepts the $1,200 Brady earned working for the DiAngelo’s
D) All of the above are correct
What was Brady cleaning when he found his father’s drill?
A) a shed
B) the boathouse
C) his garage
D) his father's workshop
What was a significant factor that contributed to the friendship between J.T. and Digger?
A) Digger defended J.T. from a bully named Curtis
B) J.T. liked that Digger was big and strong and looked up to him
C) J.T. protected Digger from bullies
D) Digger was new at school and J.T. made him feel welcome
Immediately after returning from Rhode Island, what did Brady decide to do with the drill?
A) turn it over to the police
B) give it to Carl
C) bury it in the butterfly garden
D) throw it in the river
After getting rid of the drill, Brady felt much better and returned to normal.
True
False
How did Brady’s mother find out Brady knew about Amanda?
A) Aunt Janet told her they that she had told him
B) She walked in on him and he had Amanda’s picture in his hand
C) Brady wrote her a letter to tell her he knew about Amanda
D) Brady’s father told her he had found out about it in Rhode Island
J.T.’s father suffers from a specific health issue. What is it?
A) he is in heart failure
B) he has lung cancer
C) he is in need of a kidney transplant
D) he has a brain tumor
What was Carl’s suggestion to the Parks after Brady’s decision to tell his parents the entire story?
A) Carl told them to call the police immediately
B) Carl was so shocked that he didn’t have a clue
C) Carl told them to sleep on it before going to the police
D) Carl told them to get Brady a lawyer
In court, the DiAngelos do not attend the trial, but they write a victim's impact statement. What is a victim’s impact statement?
A) In a trial, the victim’s family makes a statement telling how their lives have change as a result
of the crime
B) The evidence of the crime is revealed to the victim’s family
C) The judge talks about the sequence of events leading to the crime
D) The judge tells the family about the impact of the sentencing on the convicted criminals
What evidence did Digger’s defense attorney use to defend Digger?
A) He said that Digger was uneducated and didn’t know right from wrong
B) He pointed out that it was Brady’s idea and that J.T. had urged him to commit the crime
C) He said that Digger was falsely accused and was innocent of the crime
D) He said that Digger had a good bit of resentment toward his father and that he had no one that
he could confide in when he had problems
What was the effect of J.T. and Digger confessing to the crime at the beginning of the trial?
A) It didn’t have much effect on the outcome
B) Brady did not have to testify
C) It made the punishment for the crime more harsh
D) It made Ben’s mother cry
At the end of Chapter 1, Brady says, "It's a pretty river, the Corsica. But it doesn't have a heart." What figurative language device is this an example of?
A) Flashback
B) Foreshadowing
C) Personification
D) Oxymoron
On page 92, the text says "Memorial Day weekend. I'll never forget it. Because just when things started to come back together, they came undone in a Big Way." What is it called when you give clues about what will happen later on in the story?
A) Flashback
B) Foreshadowing
C) Personification
D) Oxymoron
What oxymoron came to Brady as he watched the courtroom scene unfold?
A) Microsoft Works
B) Silent Screaming
C) Alone Together
D) Peace Force
At the end of Chapter 2, Brady asks, "When did they begin to feel shamed by it? Because it has always shamed me." What can we infer about Brady using these lines from the novel?
A) Brady is a kind person and feels guilt when he does something wrong
B) Brady thinks that his friends are jerks for not confessing for what they did
C) Brady is sad about what happens but wants to move on with his life
D) None of the above are correct
Page 5 of the novel states that "the river shimmers like a million jewels." Which of the following literary elements can be found in this statement?
A) Personification
B) Oxymoron
C) Simile
D) Hyperbole
The following statement is an example of which type of conflict?
Brady wonders if he should tell the truth about what happened to the red kayak.
A) Man vs. Man
B) Man vs. Self
C) Man vs. Nature
D) Man vs. Society
The following statement is an example of which type of conflict?
Digger makes fun of J.T. because he is drinking green tea.
A) Man vs. Man
B) Man vs. Self
C) Man vs. Nature
D) Man vs. Society
The following statement is an example of which type of conflict?
Mrs. DiAngelo is swept down river after losing control of the kayak.
A) Man vs. Man
B) Man vs. Self
C) Man vs. Nature
D) Man vs. Society
The following statement is an example of which type of conflict?
Brady feels guilty about telling the truth and getting his friends into trouble.
A) Man vs. Man
B) Man vs. Self
C) Man vs. Nature
D) Man vs. Society
The following statement is an example of which type of conflict?
Digger’s dad beats up Digger’s mom.
A) Man vs. Man
B) Man vs. Self
C) Man vs. Nature
D) Man vs. Society
Brady says, "the water is as smooth as glass"; this is an example of a metaphor.
True
False
Mr. Griswald apologized for his "lack of parenting" to the judge.
True
False
Tom and Brady decide to name their new boat after Brady's mom.
True
False
Brady and his mom finally talk about Amanda's death; she gives him a picture of Amanda.
True
False
Brady finds the drill flecked with red paint while he's mowing Mrs. DiAngelo's yard.
True
False
Brady's dad plans to protest the new crabbing regulations with the other watermen.
True
False
Match the character with the correct quote:
"Even when the right answer is smack in front of you, you got to reach deep inside yourself to act on it."
A) Brady
B) JT
C) Digger
D) Carl
E) Mrs. DiAngelo
F) Ben DiAngelo
G) Tom Parks (dad)
Match the character with the correct quote:
"I mean, gee whiz, you're a mother! You lost a kid! You have things to say that I can't."
A) Brady
B) JT
C) Digger
D) Carl
E) Mrs. DiAngelo
F) Ben DiAngelo
G) Tom Parks (dad)
Match the character with the correct quote:
"If he is stupid enough to be out there, he can take what's coming."
A) Brady
B) JT
C) Digger
D) Carl
E) Mrs. DiAngelo
F) Ben DiAngelo
G) Tom Parks (dad)
Match the character with the correct quote:
"Scar's not bad, he's just being mean."
A) Brady
B) JT
C) Digger
D) Carl
E) Mrs. DiAngelo
F) Ben DiAngelo
G) Tom Parks (dad)
Match the character with the correct quote:
"Here we have all this training, all this skill, and sometimes it's simply too late...it wasn't meant to be."
A) Brady
B) JT
C) Digger
D) Carl
E) Mrs. DiAngelo
F) Ben DiAngelo
G) Tom Parks (dad)
Match the character with the correct quote:
"I can't be a donor. You have to be eighteen."
A) Brady
B) JT
C) Digger
D) Carl
E) Mrs. DiAngelo
F) Ben DiAngelo
G) Tom Parks (dad)
Match the character with the correct quote:
"What I mean is that there is another baby on the way and we need to prepare for that."
A) Brady
B) JT
C) Digger
D) Carl
E) Mrs. DiAngelo
F) Ben DiAngelo
G) Tom Parks (dad)
Which of the following could be a theme based on the topic of "family?"
A) Your family is always there for you, during good times and bad times