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Red Kayak Quiz: Chapters 10-20
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Question 1
1.
Brady dumps the bushels of crabs back into the water because
A) he wants to give the crabs a second chance at life
B) he is upset with his dad for making him talk about Ben
C) he knows that Ben will never be able to go crabbing
D) he and his dad have caught too many crabs
Question 2
2.
When Carl comes over, he tells Brady that Ben died from
A) hypothermia
B) blunt force trauma
C) pneumonia
D) none of the above
Question 3
3.
When Carl visits Brady, he tells him
A) to talk about his feelings so he can move on
B) that he is to blame for Ben's death
C) to talk to the DiAngelos about what happened
D) that Ben did not have a pulse once he arrived at the hospital
Question 4
4.
JT tells Brady that he and his family are going to ______________________ for spring break.
A) Texas
B) Maine
C) North Carolina
D) South Carolina
Question 5
5.
Brady realizes that JT has lied to him about his spring break trips because
A) Digger tells him the truth after school that day
B) Kate asks Brady if he is still coming over and acts like she has no idea about the family's trip
C) Brady calls JT's house and talks to his mother
D) JT feels guilty and tells Brady himself
Question 6
6.
Why won't Brady go to the National Aquarium in Baltimore again?
A) Carl took him there the day of Amanda's funeral
B) He got lost there and was almost abducted
C) He doesn't like to see the animals in captivity
D) Carl took him there the day of Ben's funeral
Question 7
7.
Which line from the story
BEST
shows that Brady is upset that he wasn't able to go to Amanda's funeral?
A) "Every day I kept thinking about what had happened on the river, and I couldn't seem to get the traction I needed for forward motion."
B) "I could feel her keeping an eye on me while I played with the straw in my soda."
C) "Like it left yet another hole in my life."
D) "It irritates me even now when I think of how I rode all those escalators to see a bunch of fancy sea horses and polka-dotted fish when I could have been saying good-bye to Amanda one last time."
Question 8
8.
Brady starts to think that he can do more to help the DiAngelos after
A) he goes with Carl to help move Carl's grandpa into a nursing home
B) he goes back onto the water with his dad
C) he helps his mom tend to her butterfly garden
D) none of the above are correct
Question 9
9.
At the end of Brady's spring break, he returns home to find out that JT has called him.
True
False
Question 10
10.
Brady's dad hurts his feelings when he tells him
A) Mrs. DiAngelo doesn't need his help
B) he needs to move on and continue to do his chores
C) Carl cannot come over, due to a work obligation
D) he cannot continue to go crabbing with him until the next month
Question 11
11.
Brady's dad having to make the decision about whether or not he will protest with the other watermen is an example of what type of conflict?
A) External
B) Internal
C) Both of these
D) None of these
Question 12
12.
Brady helps Mrs. DiAngelo by
A) talking to Mr. DiAngelo for her
B) taking care of the yardwork
C) helping her create a memorial gravestone for Ben
D) volunteering to train her dog
Question 13
13.
Mrs. DiAngelo gives Brady this, which belonged to Ben:
A) his hamster
B) his Legos
C) his journal
D) his favorite movie
Question 14
14.
Brady knows a great deal about butterfly gardens because
A) Carl is building one for his grandpa
B) he researches them to help Mrs. DiAngelo cope
C) his parents built one when Amanda died
D) none of the above are correct
Question 15
15.
Mrs. DiAngelo goes away for the long weekend in order to
A) visit with her mother and sister
B) go see Mr. DiAngelo so they can talk about the baby
C) attend a doctor's appointment
D) meet a realtor to discuss selling their house
Question 16
16.
What does Brady find while cleaning out the DiAngelo's boathouse?
A) his father's drill
B) the red kayak
C) Ben's jacket
D) Digger's cell phone
Question 17
17.
Why does Brady believe Mr. DiAngelo did not drill holes in the kayak?
A) He would not have used Brady's father's tools
B) He would not harm his wife and child
C) He was away for the weekend when the kayak accident happened
D) He was planning to sell the kayak, so Brady doesn't know why he would damage it
Question 18
18.
The first place Brady goes after discovering the drill is Digger's house.
True
False
Question 19
19.
What kind of health issue is JT's father experiencing?
A) heart problems
B) he is in need of a knee replacement
C) kidney problems
D) liver problems
Question 20
20.
How does Digger react when Brady confronts him about the drill?
A) He denies knowing anything
B) He admits to everything, right away
C) He talks to Brady about his reasoning for drilling the holes
D) He and Brady start to fight
Question 21
21.
Brady hides the drill
A) back at the boathouse
B) in his basement under some towels
C) at Carl's house
D) in his bedroom
Question 22
22.
Brady goes back to the boathouse because he remembers that he left everything a mess. Who does he find in the boathouse?
A) Mr. DiAngelo
B) His father
C) Carl
D) Digger
Question 23
23.
Digger tells Brady to keep his mouth shut about the drill because if he talks to anyone or goes to the police, the boys could be accused of
A) theft
B) murder
C) manslaughter
D) conspiracy
Question 24
24.
Brady turns down Mrs. DiAngelo's offer for a bonus because
A) he is still mourning Ben's death
B) he doesn't want to take any more of her money
C) he doesn't feel like he cleaned the boathouse well enough
D) he feels guilty because his friends drilled holes in the kayak
Question 25
25.
Digger's home life is rough because
A) his family moves around a lot because of his dad's job
B) his parents get into fights, especially when his father has been drinking
C) his parents each work 2 jobs and are not home very often
D) none of the above are correct
Question 26
26.
JT asks Brady if they could maybe be friends again on their last day of school.
True
False
Question 27
27.
When he is in Rhode Island, Brady's aunt gives him a picture of Amanda. Why is this such a special moment for Brady?
A) Both Brady and his sister are in the picture
B) Brady's entire family is in the photo
C) Brady has never seen a picture of his sister before
D) Brady used to have the same picture, but it was misplaced
Question 28
28.
What does Brady realize about JT and Digger on his way home from Rhode Island?
A) They should have tried to stop Mr. DiAngelo from getting the kayak out for Mrs. DiAngelo and Ben
B) They can never be friends anymore
C) They deserve to suffer the consequences for what happened to Ben
D) They didn't mean to kill Ben and shared a dream together
Question 29
29.
At the end of Chapter 20, what does Brady do with the drill?
A) he tosses it into the river
B) he gives it to Carl for safekeeping
C) he gives it to Digger, who will dispose of it
D) he takes it to the police with his father
Question 30
30.
Which of the following lines from the story demonstrate that Digger had something to do with drilling holes in the kayak?
A) "Digger pretended to call out: 'Paddle hard, you sucker!'"
B) "He and JT exchanged this look I didn't quite catch, and JT started laughing, too."
C) "'Exposure, you know? If he fell in, he could die in, like twenty minutes." Digger smiled. "Exactly," he said calmly. "We'd all be so lucky.'"
D) All of the above are correct
Question 31
31.
To move; to turn
A) Appreciative
B) Surreal
C) Churned
D) Persisted
E) Mournful
Question 32
32.
Something doesn't feel real
A) Surreal
B) Persisted
C) Sorrow
D) Mournful
E) Appreciative
Question 33
33.
Sadness or despair
A) Appreciative
B) Sorrow
C) Mournful
D) Appreciative
E) Surreal
Question 34
34.
Something that can be saved
A) Culling
B) Stammered
C) Salvageable
D) Nostalgia
E) Compatiable
Question 35
35.
Re-living old memories
A) Nostalgia
B) Stammered
C) Culling
D) Compatiable
E) Salvageable
Question 36
36.
To stutter or stumble with your words
A) Stammered
B) Nostalgia
C) Compatiable
D) Culling
E) Salvageable