Earth Dragon Awakes- Comprehension

When does the San Francisco earthquake begin?

• on a fall afternoon in 1966
• at midnight in the summer of 1906
• early in the morning in the spring of 1906
• on a spring evening in 2006

What are Chin and his father doing when the earthquake begins?

• Sending money to Chin's mother
• pulling up turnips from the ground 
• preparing to go to the Travises' house
• searching for survivors in their tenement

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

How would you evaluate the author's use of the verbs in the sentence below?

Walls crack and crumble. Windows shatter. Broken glass sprays like daggers.

• The verbs create vivid images
• The verbs are vague (not clear) and imprecise
• The verbs shift from past to present.
• The verbs shift from the present to the past

Tags

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.4.3D

What happened just before the tenements start to fall?

• Timbers in the building crack.
• Chin and his father hide under the table.
• The ceiling drops on Chin and his father.
• Chin and his father are trapped in a rubble.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

What is the LAST step in the liquefaction process?

• The soil becomes like quicksand.
• Houses are build on top of the landfill.
• Rock and debris are dumped along the shore.
• The earthquake brings up water from deep underground

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3

What conclusion could the reader draw about Chin's father, based on the dialogue below?
“Don't worry about me,” urges his father. “Save yourself.”

• He loves his son very much.
• He knows his son will disobey him.
• He doesn't really mean what he says.
• He doesn't want to live away from his homeland.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

What does the author convey in the sentences below?

Chin claws at the broken boards and plaster.
Dust chokes their noses and throats. Still they
scrabble away like wild animals.

• the crazy fantasies of an old man
• the beliefs inspired by the myth of the Earth Dragon
• the vivid imagination of a young man
• the terror created by being caught in an earthquake

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.3

What happens AFTER someone yells "Fire!"?

• The tenement falls.
• Cattle stamped and kill a man.
• People run away from Chin and his father.
• The legs on Chin's table collapse.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

What happens AFTER Ah Quon rescues Chin?

• Ah Quon saves Chin's father.
• Chin leaves his father behind.
• Chin begins digging a narrow tunnel.
• Ah Quon screams "Fire!" and runs away.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

Which conclusion could the reader draw from the sentences below?
Chin crawls up through the passage, leaving his father behind. He
would be scared to be left alone in the darkness. Until now he
didn't realize how brave his father is. Or how much he loves
Chin.

• Chin has always admired his father.
• Chin will never trust his father again.
• Chin wishes his father would express his love more often.
• Chin gains new appreciation for his father during the earthquake.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.3