Lesson 5: Passage 2 Quiz

Create an image of a tropical island with palm trees, a stormy sky, and a table with rice and mackerel on it to represent culinary challenges in paradise.

Exploring Culinary Discontent

Test your comprehension and analytical skills with our engaging quiz based on a fascinating passage about the author's experiences with food and weather in a remote location. Delve into the author's perspective and uncover insights about their challenges.

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Multiple choice and checkbox questions.
Focus on understanding the author's feelings and intentions.
Ideal for enhancing reading comprehension.

15 Questions4 MinutesCreated by FeedingWaves21

What is the author of this passage unhappy about?

The rude manners of the natives.

The unpleasant climate.

Having to eat rice and mackerel.

The damage inflicted by the storm.

What is the author's purpose in this passage?

To persuade the reader to try mackerel and rice.

To inform and entertain.

To explain his research work.

To plea for financial assistance.

If more rice and mackerel is delivered by the next helicopter...

The author will be relieved and delighted.

There will be enough food for everyone.

The author will go on a hunger strike.

The author will be even more disgusted.

What is the probable meaning of "bonito" in the third paragraph in this passage?

A fruit.

A kind of seafood.

A green vegetable.

A boat or canoe.

The typhoon that hit that island caused...

Several injuries and deaths.

Extensive loss of property.

The author to lose his research notes.

No reaction from the government.

What clue (evidence) best supports your answer to question 1?

If I never eat mackerel and rice again, it will be too soon.

I've been in a strange situation for the last six weeks.

We had a variety of fresh produce.

That's what i've been eating for the past six weeks, day in and day out.

What clue (evidence) best supports your answer to question 2?

It's just that I've been in a strange situation for the last 6 weeks.

From the ocean, we had fresh bonito, tuna, and sardines.

We were really lucky.

Let me back up a little.

What clue (evidence) best supports your answer to question 3?

That's what I've been eating for the past 6 weeks, day in and day out.

However, all the fishing boats were destroyed, as well as nearly all of the food crops.

My assignment was to research the local folklore.

The native kids can climb the trunks of coconut palms just like monkeys.

What clue (evidence) best supports your answer to question 4?

From the ocean, we had fresh bonito, tuna, and sardines.

That was all before the typhoon.

Nobody drowned or lost their homes in the storm.

It has sandy white beaches, palm trees, and friendly natives.

What clue (evidence) best supports your answer to question 45?

However, all the fishing boats were destroyed, as well as nearly all of the food crops.

Everything went great for awhile.

This place is normally like a paradise.

We were really lucky.

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