DATE: 'The Cay' Vocabulary Chapters 1-5
15 Questions
1.
Then they blew up six of our small lake tankers, the tubby
ones that still bring crude oil from Lake Maracaibo to the
refinery, Curagaosche Petroleum Maatschappij, to be made
into gasoline, kerosene, and diesel oil. (chapter 1) What
does crude mean?
O a) open rebellion
b) not refined or processed
O c) monotonous dull sound
od) without a goal or purpose
2.
I guess I was waiting for the U-boats to send a shell toward

b) Not refined or processed.

Explanation:

The word "crude" is used to refer to the natural state of something, without any changes done to it. This means that 'crude' refers to things that are in their original condition without undergoing any change or correction.

In the given passage, the speaker talks of "crude oil from Lake Maracaibo . . . to be made into gasoline, kerosene, and diesel oil." This means that the oil that they got from the lake is in its original state, before any process is done on it to change its properties. This, in short, means the oil is unrefined or not yet processed.

Thus, the correct answer is option b.

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