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Earthquake Terror Quiz
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  • 1. What do Jonathan's thoughts of home tell you about his present situation?
A) When he is doing something that he likes, time goes by quickly. When it is something he doesn't like, time drags on.
B) He's nervous about being alone with his sister Abby in the woods. At home, he could call a neighbor or dial 911
C) Jonathan is protective of his sister, caring, loving and thoughtful.
  • 2. What does the author mean by the passage that begins Time had a way of evaporating...?
A) When he does something he dislikes, time goes by quickly. When he is doing something he dislikes, time goes by slowly.
B) When he does something he likes, time goes by quickly. when he is doing something he dislikes, time moves slowly.
C) When he is doing something he likes, time moves slowly. When he is doing something he dislikes, time moves quickly.
  • 3. What are Jonathan's feelings about Abby?
A) Jonathan isn't protective of his sister. He is caring loving, and thoughtful
B) Jonathan is protective of his sister, caring, loving, and thoughtful
C) Jonathan isn't protective of his sister. He is mean, neglectful and thoughtless
  • 4. Why did the author describe Jonathan's memory about earthquakes?
A) To show that Jonathan learned earthquakes can be very dangerous
B) To show that Jonathan learned that earthquakes were not dangerous
C) To show that Jonathan learned earthquakes was something that happened only in Michigan
  • 5. Why did Jonathan not make a big fuss about Abby's cut on her leg?
A) If he mentioned the cut on her leg, she would over-react
B) If he mentioned the cut on her leg, her parents would come
C) If he mentioned the cut on her leg, she would show no reaction
  • 6. What does the word, "Isolated" mean?
A) Separated from others
B) a sudden jerk or bump
C) very hot
  • 7. What does the word, "stifling" mean?
A) separated from others
B) Very hot
C) a sudden jerk or bump
  • 8. What does the word, "Jolt" mean?
A) very hot
B) A sudden jerk or bump
C) easily affected
  • 9. What does susceptible mean?
A) a sudden jerk or bump
B) very hot
C) easily affected
  • 10. What does the word fault mean?
A) easily affected
B) A sudden jerk or bump
C) A break in a rock mass caused by a shifting of the earth's crust
  • 11. What does undulating mean?
A) A break in a rock mass caused by a shifting of the earth's crust
B) easily affected
C) moving in waves or with a smooth wavy motion
  • 12. What does upheaval mean?
A) the remains of something broken or destroyed
B) threatening
C) A lifting or an upward movement of the earth's crust
  • 13. What does ominous mean?
A) threatening
B) very hot
C) easily affected
  • 14. What is debris?
A) threatening
B) easily affected
C) The remains of something broken or destroyed.
  • 15. Why do you think Jonathan tells Abby, "it's only an earthquake?"
A) His previous knowledge of earthquakes let him know that he should be fearless
B) He didn't want Abby to panic, worry, or over-react. He also didn't want Abby to know that he was scared.
C) The author is showing that Jonathan knew that when he was in school, they told him not to show fear
  • 16. What does the author mean in the passage, "That was school. This was Magpie Island."
A) To tell Jonathan's previous knowledge about earthquakes; and explain that he learned about them in school.
B) The author is showing that Jonathan knew what to do in a school but not in the woods.
C) He learned that earthquakes could be very dangerous.
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