Story on an Eyewitness by Jack London

Story on an Eyewitness by Jack London

4th - 8th Grade

35 Qs

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Story on an Eyewitness by Jack London

Story on an Eyewitness by Jack London

Assessment

Quiz

English

4th - 8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RI.4.5, RI.6.9, RI.11-12.10

+41

Standards-aligned

Created by

Misty Thrift

Used 65+ times

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35 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is "The Story of an Eyewitness" primarily organized?

cause and effect

problem and solution

descriptive

sequence

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What event did the text describe?

The Sacramento Fire of 1912

The Houston Tornado of 1946

The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906

The Atlanta Riot of 1906

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who wrote "The Story of an Eyewitness"?

Anne Frank

Jack London

Maya Angelou

Ernest Hemingway

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to the author, how did people react to the tragedy?

They were "kind and courteous" to each other.

People were stealing from the "trunk-pullers".

People were looting businesses "in the intact part" of the city.

They were rioting in the street on "this night of terror".

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Property was lost primarily due to which result of the earthquake?

Buildings fell down due to the earth shaking.

Water destroyed property because of flooding of the streets.

Fires erupted after the earthquake and destroyed almost all of the city's buildings.

Looters did so much damage that buildings had to be torn down.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"Yesterday morning...I was worth six hundred thousand dollars. This morning this house is all I have left. It will go in fifteen minutes."

What message is the writer trying to communicate by using this quote?

Natural disasters don't discriminate between wealthy and poor people.

The fire in the city moved extremely quickly.

Wealthy people like to brag about their successes.

Homes were worth more in 1906 than they are today.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who does the writer credit with preventing hunger among the refugees?

the police force

the firefighters

United States relief efforts

the local churches

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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