NameSelectionComprehensionChoosethebestanswerforeachquestion.1.Howdoyouknow“TheIncredibleQuesttoFindtheTitanic”isexpositorynonfiction?Itiswritteninthefirst-personpointofview.Itisaperson’saccountofhisorherownlife.Ithasfactsanddetailsaboutasubjectoratopic.Ittellstheauthor’spersonalthoughtsandfeelings.2.WhatistheMOSTLIKELYreasonnoonehadseenthewreckoftheTitanicuntil1985?Thememoryofthetragedywastoopainful.Diverssawlittlepointinlookingforit.Theshipwasintoomanypieces.Itwastoofarbelowthesurface.3.Whydidtheauthorwrite“TheIncredibleQuesttoFindtheTitanic”?togiveinformationaboutafamousshipthatsanktowarnaboutthedangersofsailingnearicebergstodemonstratehowdifficultitistofindwreckedshipstodescribeanicebergthatbrokeoffaGreenlandglacier4.WhatistheMAINreasonicebergsaredangerous?Anicebergdoesnotmeltinoceanwater.Mostofanicebergishiddenunderwater.Windandwatercurrentsmoveicebergs.Icebergscanweighseveraltons.5.WhydidBallardwanttofindtheTitanic?Hewantedtotesthissmallsubmarine,Alvin.Hehopedtorecovertheexpensivefurnishings.Hehopedtofindoutwhythefamousshipsank.Hewantedtodeterminewhattheshiponcelookedlike.WeeklyLessonTestLesson27©Harcourt•Grade6231SelectionComprehension“TheIncredibleQuesttoFindtheTitanic”Name6.WhatistheMAINreasonBallardusedJasonJr.?Itcouldsafelygowherediverscouldnot.Itcouldtakepicturesofdifferentplaces.Itwasverysmallandeasytocontrol.ItwasattachedtoAlvinwithatether.7.WhichsentenceisaFACTfromtheselection?Theshipwasassplendidandcomfortableasaneleganthotel.Titanicwasdividedintosixteenseparatecompartments.Thiswastheworstnightmareforadeepdiver.EveryonewasstunnedastheyviewedTitanicinitsgrave.8.WhatistheMOSTLIKELYreasonthewheelhouseoftheTitanicwasnolongervisible?Itwasdestroyedinthedisaster.Seaanimalshadeatenthewood.Itwasinanotherpartoftheocean.Alargechandelierhadcrushedit.READTHINKEXPLAINWrittenResponse9.ExplainwhyyouwouldorwouldnothavelikedtobepartofBallard’steamastheysearchedfortheTitanic.Usedetailsfrom“TheIncredibleQuesttoFindtheTitanic”tosupportyouranswer.TOTALSCOR...
