The Living

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

Multiple Choice

1. What is Shy’s role in his family?

A) The jokester, responsible for making people laugh

B) Unreliable, always leaning on others for help

C) An enforcer, making sure people follow the rules

D) The caretaker, even though he is young

2. Which of the following best builds the theme of Power, Class, and Race Dynamics?

A) The ocean

B) Carmen and Shy talking

C) The cruise ship

D) Shy rescuing Bill

3. What form of figurative language does this quote exhibit: “The ocean still whispering, same as before. Like nothing whatsoever has happened, and nothing will.” (Prologue)

A) Simile

B) Personification

C) Alliteration

D) Imagery

4. Which of the following events causes Shy’s grandmother’s death?

A) The tsunami

B) The earthquake

C) Romero Disease

D) The rocket on the island

5. What literary device does this quote incorporate? “He felt like he’d been shown the truth of the world. The absolute power it held. People just meaningless specks that came and went as easily as flipping a switch.” (Chapter 27)

A) Simile

B) Personification

C) Imagery

D) Alliteration

6. How does Shy demonstrate leadership?

A) Shy directs people to their stations for departure during the storm.

B) Shy offers money to patrons on the cruise ship to help pay their bills.

C) Shy rescues all the people in quarantine before the island is destroyed.