Moby Dick Book Key 10 a … They Do Not Want the Sharks to Eat the Whale Easystarts 1 Open Answers Meat

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Moby Dick Book key 10 a … they do not want the sharks to eat the whale easystarts 1 Open answers meat. 2 a sail – ocean b … he only wants to catch Moby Dick. b death – die c … it is easy to see a white whale in the dark. c dream – sleep d … Fedallah can see the future. level 2 d star – sky e … he wants to follow the white whale. e gold – rich 11–12 Open answers 13 a broke b jumps c leaves d thinks e stop level 3 3 a a whale b Captain Ahab hates Moby Dick because he lost a f does g die h feels leg in a fight with it. 14 Possible answers: c a young sailor a Stubb wants to teach Pip a lesson. level 4 d Possible answer: Ishmael feels excited because this b Pip was in the ocean for too long. is Ishmael’s first whaling trip. c Because Pip thinks that he is God. e Open answers d Because he knows that Starbuck is right. level 5 4 a 4 b 7 c 5 d 6 e 1 f 3 g 2 e Because he is very sick. 5 a Queequeg – a whaler from Kokovoko. He is ugly. 15–16 Open answers He never goes home. 17 a … they do not want the sharks to eat the whale level 6 b Elijah – an old sailor. He sailed with Ahab. He thinks meat. that Ahab is the Devil. b … because he has a bad dream. c Starbuck – a sailor. He never smiles. He thinks that c … because he wants to know the future. Ahab’s plan is crazy. d … because the wind is strong and dangerous. d Stubb – a sailor. He is happy and tells funny stories. e … because his boy was on it. e Bildad, Tashtego, etc. – sailors. They come from f … because he has no time. different countries and tell interesting stories. 18 a Fedallah tells Ahab that a rope will kill him. f Pip – the little cook boy. He hears men below b Ahab throws his maps into the ocean. them. c Starbuck almost shoots Ahab when he is asleep. 6 a It is tall and strong with dark wood from many d Ahab tells Pip to stay in his room. years on the wild oceans. e A bird flies away with Ahab’s hat. b He is sick. 19 a Ishmael understands why Ahab talks to Fedallah. c It is dangerous. The work is hard. You are away b Because he thinks that Ahab will kill everybody with from home for many years. his dangerous plan. d He wants to see the world. 20 Open answers e The men cannot sleep because Captain Ahab walks 21 a 2nd b 2nd c 1st d 3rd e 2nd f 1st up and down all night. g 3rd h 2nd i 3rd f Starbuck does not want to look for Moby Dick 22–30 Open answers because he will not make any money. Discussion activities key g Ishmael thinks that Pip can hear the ocean, not the 1 Possible answers: sound of men. harpoon, huge, rope, row, sail, whale 7 Open answers • We can see a huge tail of white whale. 8 a ✗ b ✓ c ✓ d ✗ e ✗ f ✗ • A ship at the far back is a sailing boat, and two other 9 a Ishmael – the whalers with dark faces and long small boats are rowing boats. black hair • They are using a harpoon and a rope. b Starbuck – Ahab’s family 2 Open answers c Ishmael – he has not got a family to go home to. 3 Possible answers: d Captain Ahab – Captain Boomer • I think they will be happy on the Pequod. They can e the whalers – Fedallah catch whales. f Starbuck – Captain Ahab

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• Perhaps something evil will happen and they are not • Captain Ahab is angry because he doesn’t want to die easystarts happy. in the bad weather before he kills Moby Dick. • Starbuck is right. Catching the whale isn’t for revenge. • Starbuck is angry because Captain Ahab’s plan is It’s for the whale oil. dangerous for everybody. • I think Pip is right. Perhaps Ishmael is too excited to • Captain Gardiner is angry / unhappy / sad because level 2 dream about the gold. Captain Ahab doesn’t help him look for his son. 4 Open answers • Captain Ahab and Fedallah are afraid because they’re 5 Possible answers: thinking about their deaths. level 3 sharks: Sharks try to eat the whale meat. • Captain Ahab is angry / unhappy because some men oil: Whalers get oil from whales. are laughing at him. barrels: Whalers keep the oil in barrels. • Some whalers think it’s funny, but some of them are level 4 harpoons: Whalers kill whales with harpoons. afraid. They think that bad things will happen. maps: Whalers need maps when they sail across 12 Possible answers: oceans. • I hope that it’ll be a happy ending. Captain Ahab will level 5 the weather: Bad weather makes whalers’ jobs hard be killed and Starbuck will bring everyone home. and dangerous. • I think it’s a sad ending. Everyone will die. Moby Dick 6 Possible answers: wins. At the beginning of the story, it says, “He is out level 6 • A man fell into the ocean. He is asking for help. there – in the ocean.” • The boat is chasing the white whale. 13 Possible answers: • I feel sad because the boat isn’t coming back for me. • birds: Birds show that Moby Dick is near. • I will say, “Help! Help me, please!” • Captain Ahab’s whalebone leg: Captain Ahab loses • I think the boat will come back later on. his whalebone leg on the second day of the fight 7 Open answers against Moby Dick. 8 Possible answers: • ropes: Ropes kill Fedallah and Captain Ahab. • Starbuck is angry because Pip thinks that Captain • a coffin: Ishmael climbs onto Queequeg’s coffin Ahab is God. after the Pequod goes down. It saves his life. • I don’t think he should be angry because Pip is now a • Captain Gardiner’s son: He is important because the little crazy. men on the Rachel were still looking for him when • I think he’s right. Captain Ahab isn’t God. they found Ishmael in Queequeg’s coffin. • Perhaps Starbuck is the most important man on the 14 Possible answers: ship because Captain Ahab thinks only about Moby • I feel sorry for everyone who is dead, but I don’t feel Dick. sorry for Captain Ahab. He knew it was dangerous. • I think Queequeg is the most important man on the • I also don’t feel sorry for Ishmael because he is the ship. He is the best whaler. lucky one to get rescued and people on the Rachel are 9 Possible answers: nice to him. • I think his dream is about Moby Dick. Captain Ahab is 15 Possible answers: thinking about how to fight it. • Elijah says that Captain Ahab is the Devil. • Perhaps it’s a bad dream. Captain Ahab thinks he’s • Queequeg and Fedallah can see the future. going to die. • Captain Ahab’s dream. 10 Open answers • The bird takes Captain Ahab’s hat. 11 Possible answers: • The bad weather. • Captain Ahab is afraid because now he knows that he • From this story, we learn that there are some things in will die. life that we can’t do anything about. • Starbuck is afraid. He thinks that God wants them to • You shouldn’t take revenge. turn back. 16–20 Open answers

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Moby Dick Activity worksheets key 9 a 4 b 3 c 2 d 5 e 1 easystarts 1 a doesn’t come b Queequeg c sick d laugh 10 a 3 b 1 c 3 d 3 e 2 f 1 g 2 e quiet f leg g other whales h Pip 11 a ✓ 2 a tired b strange c afraid d happy 12 a p. 19 and p. 31 e interesting f angry g excited h crazy b p. 11 level 2 3 a Fedallah b Stubb c Starbuck d Ishmael c p. 7 e Captain Boomer f Captain Ahab g Fedallah d p. 19 e p. 7 level 3 h Fedallah 4 a N b Y c N d Y e N f Y g Y h Y f p. 7, p. 11, p. 15, p. 25, and p. 31 5 a They lost the whale because of him. b Pip thinks that Captain Ahab is God. Progress test key level 4 c Captain Ahab stops the ship and changes the 1 a 7 b 3 c 1 d 2 e 5 f 4 g 6 barrels. 2 a 5 b 3 c 8 d 6 e 1 f 7 g 4 h 2 d A harpoon rope. 3 a slowly b badly c quietly d angrily level 5 e Sharks. e quickly f happily g carefully f A coffin. 4 a largest b beautiful c small d harpoons g Pip. e death level 6 h Starbuck. 5 a 2 b 3 c 1 d 3 e 3 f 1 g 3 i Queequeg. 6 a ugly 6 Possible answers: b white a ice, winter c bad, evil b fire, summer d sad, unhappy c snow e cold d a child on a Christmas morning. f new, young 7 a 4 b 6 c 3 d 5 e 2 f 7 g 1 g fast, quick 8 a ✓ b ✓ c ✗ d ✗ e ✗ f ✗ g ✓ h big, huge