Moby Dick chapters 7-12 (4ºB)

Answer the questions in English:

CHAPTER 7

1.Who is captain Boomer? Describe him.

2.When did captain Boomer last see Moby Dick?

3.What do Ahab and Boomer have in common?

4.How did Boomer lose his arm?

CHAPTER 8

5.What favour did Kwee-Kweg ask Ishmael to do him when he felt sick?

6.Why didn´t Kwee-Kweg die in the end?

7.What did he use his box for?

CHAPTER 9

8.How long ago did the sailors in the Rachel see Moby Dick?

9.Who was in the harpoon boat that followed Moby Dick?

10.Did Ahab help the captain of the Rachel? Why?

11.Why didn´t Ahab want to sleep at night?

12.Who could finally see Moby Dick?

CHAPTER 10

13.How many harpoon boats were set to catch Moby Dick?

14.Who was in the first boat?

15.What could they see in the back of the whale?

16.Why did Ahab fall into the sea?

CHAPTER 11

14.How far was Moby Dick from the ship when he jumped for a second time?

15.What did Moby Dick do with the boat where Ismael was?

16.What did captain Ahab lose in Moby Dick´s attack?

17.Who died in the attack?

CHAPTER 12

18. What did Starbuck ask Ahab not to do?

19.What did Moby Dick attack?

20.Who was the only sailor who survived Moby Dick´s last attack?

21.What did he hold while he was at sea?

21.How was he able to survive?



-Now think of 5 questions more about these chapters and write them together with their answers.

-Deadline: next Thursday. Good hunt!!

Moby Dick activities for 4ºB

-Answer these questions about the book in English:

CHAPTER 1
1.Why did Ishmael become a sailor?
2.Describe the picture he saw in the depressing hotel in New Bedford.
3.What was Kwee-Kweg trying to sell?
4.What did the harpooner take from his pocket?

CHAPTER 2
5.What is the Pequod? Describe it.
6.What happened to captain Ahab on his last voyage?
7.What is the objective of the next voyage of the Pequod?
8.How long will the voyage last?
9.Say the names of the first and second officers in the ship.

-True or False? If False, correct the sentence:

CHAPTER 3
10.Starbuck wasn´t married.( )
11.Starbuck´s son was killed by a whale.( )
12.Stubb was a confident sailor.( )
13.Islanders weren´t good at fishing whales.( )
14.Ahab´s artificial leg was made of wood.( )

CHAPTER 4
15.Ahab offered the sailors a Spanish gold coin if they were the first to kill the whale.( )
16.Little Pip saw a whale.( )

-Answer these questions in English:
CHAPTER 5
17.Who were Ahab´s "special sailors"?
18.What happened while the sailors were rowing to the Pequod with the dead whale?
19.What is the superstition Kwee-Kweg tells Ishmael?
20.What did captain Mayhew tell Ahab?

CHAPTER 6
21.What musical instrument did Little Pip use to play?
22. What did he do while they other sailors were hunting the whales?
23. Why did the sailors get very angry with Little Pip?
24.What did Ahab do when Little Pip began to behave strangely?