Jeopardy Plot Odds and Ends Literary Elements Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy Poetic Devices Character Traits

$100 Question from Plot What was Timothy superstitious about?

$100 Answer from Plot Stew Cat being a “jumbi.”

$200 Question from Plot Why did Timothy and Phillip wind up alone in the middle of the ocean?

$200 Answer from Plot Their boat, The Cato, was torpedoed.

$300 Question from Plot Why did Phillip’s mom want to leave the island of Curacao with Phillip?

$300 Answer from Plot She was nervous about the island being attacked during the war.

$400 Question from Plot What happens to Phillip by the end of The Cay?

$400 Answer from Plot He was rescued, brought back home, and had surgery to regain his eye sight.

$500 Question from Plot How does Phillip feel about Timothy by the end of the book, and how do we know he feels this way?

$500 Answer from Plot Answers will vary—Phillip ends by speaking in Timothy’s accent. Phillip buries Timothy and asks God to take care of him. Phillip asks Timothy to be his friend. Phillip says “There are times when you are beyond tears” when Timothy dies.

$100 Question from Poetic Devices “When it gusted, the rain hit the hut like handfuls of gravel” is an example of which poetic device?

$100 Answer from Poetic Devices Simile—it compares the the feeling of the rain to gravel using the word “like.”

$200 Question from Poetic Devices “Rain was slashing into the hut, and the wind was reaching a steady howl” is an example of which poetic device?

$200 Answer from Poetic Devices Onomatopoeia—“howl” sounds like what it is.

$300 Question from Poetic Devices “He said it was flaming red and that there were thin veils of high clouds” AND “I felt movement around my legs and feet. Things were slithering” are examples of which poetic device?

$300 Answer from Poetic Devices Imagery—we can “see” the sky in the first example and “feel” the slithering lizards in the second, both of which relate to the five senses.

$400 Question from Poetic Devices “The crash of the surf sounded closer; I wondered if it was already beginning to push up toward our hill” is an example of which poetic device?

$400 Answer from Poetic Devices Onomatopoeia– “crash” sounds like what it is.

$500 Question from Poetic Devices “We could hear the surf beginning to crash as the wind drove waves before it, and Timothy ducked back inside to stand in the opening of the hut, his big body stretched so that he could hang onto the overhead frame, keeping the hut erect as long as possible” is an example of which TWO poetic devices?

$500 Answer from Poetic Devices Imagery and Onomatopoeia— “crash” shows onomatopoeia and the description of Timothy is one we can “see.”

$100 Question from Character Traits Is Phillip a dynamic or static character? How do you know?

$100 Answer from Character Traits Phillip is a dynamic character because he changes from the beginning of the book to the end.

$200 Question from Character Traits How can you describe Timothy as a character and why?

$200 Answer from Character Traits Answers will vary—kind because he rescues Phillip; patient because he tolerates Phillip’s moods; resourceful because he knows how to fish and build a shelter.

$300 Question from Character Traits How can you describe Timothy’s ACTIONS towards Phillip?

$300 Answer from Character Traits Answers will vary—Timothy is kind to Phillip; Timothy takes care of Phillip; Timothy looks out for Phillip; Timothy helps Phillip survive on the island; Timothy is the reason why Phillip survives the hurricane.

$400 Question from Character Traits At the beginning of the book, Phillip says about Timothy: “I wondered if he knew anything, really, or if he was just a stupid old black man.” What does this tell you about Phillip’s feelings towards Timothy in the BEGINNING of the book?

$400 Answer from Character Traits Answers will vary—Phillip dislikes Timothy; Phillip is racist towards Timothy; Phillip does not think highly of Timothy.

$500 Question from Character Traits The book ends with Phillip saying, “I’ll say, ‘Dis b’dat outrageous cay, eh, Timothy?” What can we understand by Phillip speaking this way?

$500 Answer from Character Traits Answers will vary—Phillip has accepted Timothy; Phillip has remembered a small piece of Timothy; Phillip and Timothy aren’t as different as Phillip once thought.

$100 Question from Odds & Ends What was Timothy superstitious about and why?

$100 Answer from Odds & Ends Timothy was superstitious about Stew Cat having a “jumbi” since they were having bad luck on the cay.

$200 Question from Odds & Ends Name 3 of the 6 elements of suspense.

$200 Answer from Odds & Ends Any three of the following: mood, onomatopoeia, repetition, characterization, imagery, pace.

$300 Question from Odds & Ends “It was well after dark when the first drops of rain spattered the hut, and with them, the wind turned cool. When it gusted, the rain hit the hut like handfuls of gravel.” What do the words spattered and gusted tell the reader about the storm?

$300 Answer from Odds & Ends Answers must include something about the power or severity of the hurricane.

$400 Question from Odds & Ends “I said, ‘Timothy,’ but he did not answer me. His hand was cold and stiff in mine. Old Timothy, of Charlotte Amalie, was dead. I stayed there a long time, very tired, thinking that he should have taken me with him wherever he had gone. I did not cry then. There are times when you are beyond tears. I went back to sleep, and this time when I awakened, I heard a meow. Then I cried for a long time, holding Stew Cat tight. Aside from him, I was blind and alone on a forgotten cay.” Based on these lines, how does Phillip feel about Timothy’s death and how do you know?

$400 Answer from Odds & Ends Answers must include something about Phillip being upset. Words/phrases that helped figure this out—repetition of “cry;” “holding Stew Cat tight;” “he should have taken me with him.”

$500 Question from Odds & Ends When Phillip asks Timothy why people have different skin colors, Timothy responds, “’Why b’feesh different color, or flower b’different color? I true don’ know, Phillip, but I true tink beneath d’skin is all d’same.’” Why does Timothy bring up fish and f lowers?

$500 Answer from Odds & Ends Answers will vary—he’s connecting the different types of flowers and fish to the different kinds of people; he’s showing that we are all different (like fish and flowers), yet the same.

$100 Question from Literary Elements What is the setting of The Cay?

$100 Answer from Literary Elements Curacao/an abandoned cay called Devil’s Mouth during WWII.

$200 Question from Literary Elements Who is the narrator of The Cay, and which point of view is used in The Cay?

$200 Answer from Literary Elements Phillip is the narrator. First person point of view—the pronouns “I,” “we,” “our” are used.

$300 Question from Literary Elements Which kind of conflicts appear in The Cay? Give an example to support each conflict you find!

$300 Answer from Literary Elements Man vs. Man: when Timothy slaps Phillip after Phillip was rude to him. Man vs. Nature: the hurricane; surviving the island.

$400 Question from Literary Elements What are the guidelines for creating a theme, and what is a theme you can create for The Cay?

$400 Answer from Literary Elements Theme is a statement, not one word; cannot include character names. Answers will vary.

$500 Question from Literary Elements How does the setting of The Cay affect the plot OR the characters?

$500 Answer from Literary Elements Had there not been a war going on, Phillip’s mother may not have left Curacao; had there not been a war going on, the boat may not have been torpedoed; had Phillip and Timothy not been stranded on an island that endured a hurricane, Timothy may have survived; had it been in present day, Phillip may not have been prejudiced towards Timothy.

Final Jeopardy All the events in The Cay are told through Phillip’s point of view; the reader only understands what happens through Phillip’s understanding. How might this limited point of view affect the plot OR what we are able to understand?

Final Jeopardy Answer We do not get a full understanding of everything that Timothy did or what the island is exactly like since Phillip lost his eyesight; we do not get to hear how Timothy felt about what was going on since only Phillip tells us; we do not know what happened in between Phillip losing and regaining consciousness OR what happened to his mother since he could not know.