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Red Kayak Comprehension Questions

Directions: Respond to the following questions in complete questions.

  1. Describe what you do when you go crabbing.
  1. Who is the narrator of this novel? How can you tell that this is written in first person point of view?
  1. Brady says, “You can’t keep dwelling on the past when you can’t undo it. You can’t make it happen any differently than it did.” Rewrite this statement in your own words.
  1. Why does the ambulance come in the beginning of chapter two?
  1. Why is Digger resentful of the DiAngelo family?
  1. Digger, JT, and Brady have been friends forever. As they stand and watch the red kayak slide further away from the shore, why don’t they shout out a warning about the currents? If you were one of their friends, standing there with them, what would you have done?
  1. How does the narrator describe Ben DiAngelo?
  1. What earth shattering news does Brady’s father deliver when he arrives at the front office?
  1. Why is Brady’s dad’s boat named Miss Amanda? What happened to Amanda?
  1. Why was it a good thing that Tilly the dog joined in the search for Mrs. DiAngelo and Ben?
  1. Describe the ABC’s of rescue that Brady must remember.
  1. At the end of chapter 5, Brady says, “ I knew then I would never be the same person anymore…I had straddled the line between life and death…” Why do you think he feels this way?
  1. In chapter 6, a reporter calls the house. What is the last question he asks, and why does it bother Brady so much?
  1. Why do you think that JT and Digger haven’t given Brady a “terrific response” like everyone else in the community has?
  1. What suspenseful way does the author end chapter 7?
  1. What predictions do you have for what will happen next?

Figurative Language Review (S.H.AM.P.O.O.)

Match each type of figurative language to the appropriate example.

SimileHyperboleAlliterationMetaphor
PersonificationOxymoronOnomatopoeia

______The wind was a sheet of ice against my face.

______His eyes were like two big blueberries.

______It began to rain hard again…But Carl’s voice – We’ve got a pulse! – echoed in my ears and I smiled. I think I could have driven through a blizzard right then.

______Dad clapped his hands.

______…a swarm of slithering snakes.

______Jumbo shrimp

______The water was as smooth as glass.

______The wind was howling.