The Earth Dragon Awakes Story Test

When does the San Francisco earthquake begin?

• on a fall afternoon in 1966

• on a spring evening in 2006

• at midnight in the summer of 1906

• early in the morning in the spring of 1906

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

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

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

• The verbs create vivid images.

• The verbs are vague and imprecise.

• The verbs shift from past to present.

• The verbs shift from present to past.

What happens just BEFORE the tenement starts to fall?

• Timbers in the building crack.

• Chin and his father hide under a table.

• The ceiling drops on Chin and his father.

• Chin and his father are trapped in rubble.

What is the LAST step in the liquefaction process?

• The soil becomes like quicksand

• Houses are built on top of landfill.

• Rock and debris are dumped along the shore.

• The earthquake brings up water from deep underground.

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.

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 vivid imagination of a young man

• the terror created by being caught in an earthquake

• the beliefs inspired by the myth of the Earth Dragon

What happens AFTER someone yells "Fire!"?

• The tenement falls.

• Cattle stamped and kill a man.

• The legs on Chin's table collapse.

• People run away from Chin and his father.

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.

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.