The Cay Final Exam Study Questions
ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Where does the story take place? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅on an island named Curacao
Where is Curacao located? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅off of the coast of Venezuela
What does Phillip's father do for a living? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅He works at an oil
refinery to increase the produciton of aviation gas.
Why does Phillip's mother want him to stay near the house? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅There is a war going on and it is not safe; she is worried about something
happening to Phillip.
What did Phillip take out of the tool house and why? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅He gets
the hatchet to protect them from the Germans.
How did Phillip feel about leaving the island? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅He was sad
about it because he loved the island & he didn't want to leave.
What form of transporatation did Phillip and his mother use to leave the island? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅They took a boat, the S.S. Hato because his mother was afraid of flying.
What made Phillip realize that war was not exciting, but meant "death and destruction"? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The Empire Tern was bombed while they were near the dock.
Why do Phillip and his mother end up in the water? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The S.S.
Hato was torpedoed.
What happened to Phillip for 4 hours? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅He passed out from
being hit on the head.
, How did Phillip first describe Timothy? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Phillip thought that
Timothy was ugly, had a flat nose, a broad face and a mass of gray hair.
What was Timothy's warning to Phillip? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Don't look directly at
the sun.
Who was the 3rd passenger on the boat? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Stew Cat
How did Phillip first feel about Timothy? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅He was angry with
him and thought he was different.
Where does Phillip think Timothy is from? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Africa
About how old was Phillip? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅12
What serious thing happens to Phillip while he is on the raft? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅He goes blind and he has a horrible headache.
What did Timothy make and do to try and attract the plane? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅He
made a torch out of cloth & waved it and yelled at the plane to look at them.
Desecribe how Timothy felt about Stew Cat? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅He thought that
Stew Cat was bad luck, not good luck.
What does Timothy do to help Phillip? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅He describes the sky
and sea and becomes his eyes.
What did Timothy see when Phillip fell off the raft? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅sharks
Why did Phillip not want to go to the island? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅There were no
people, no water, and no food. He thought that it would be worse than the raft.
ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Where does the story take place? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅on an island named Curacao
Where is Curacao located? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅off of the coast of Venezuela
What does Phillip's father do for a living? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅He works at an oil
refinery to increase the produciton of aviation gas.
Why does Phillip's mother want him to stay near the house? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅There is a war going on and it is not safe; she is worried about something
happening to Phillip.
What did Phillip take out of the tool house and why? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅He gets
the hatchet to protect them from the Germans.
How did Phillip feel about leaving the island? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅He was sad
about it because he loved the island & he didn't want to leave.
What form of transporatation did Phillip and his mother use to leave the island? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅They took a boat, the S.S. Hato because his mother was afraid of flying.
What made Phillip realize that war was not exciting, but meant "death and destruction"? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The Empire Tern was bombed while they were near the dock.
Why do Phillip and his mother end up in the water? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The S.S.
Hato was torpedoed.
What happened to Phillip for 4 hours? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅He passed out from
being hit on the head.
, How did Phillip first describe Timothy? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Phillip thought that
Timothy was ugly, had a flat nose, a broad face and a mass of gray hair.
What was Timothy's warning to Phillip? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Don't look directly at
the sun.
Who was the 3rd passenger on the boat? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Stew Cat
How did Phillip first feel about Timothy? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅He was angry with
him and thought he was different.
Where does Phillip think Timothy is from? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Africa
About how old was Phillip? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅12
What serious thing happens to Phillip while he is on the raft? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅He goes blind and he has a horrible headache.
What did Timothy make and do to try and attract the plane? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅He
made a torch out of cloth & waved it and yelled at the plane to look at them.
Desecribe how Timothy felt about Stew Cat? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅He thought that
Stew Cat was bad luck, not good luck.
What does Timothy do to help Phillip? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅He describes the sky
and sea and becomes his eyes.
What did Timothy see when Phillip fell off the raft? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅sharks
Why did Phillip not want to go to the island? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅There were no
people, no water, and no food. He thought that it would be worse than the raft.
