Submarines by Han Song

The word 'submarine' refers to a boat that travels under water. Which part of the word means 'under'?

• sub

• marine

• subma

• rine

Which major city is the story set close to?

• Beijing

• Shanghai

• Shenzhen

• Wuhan

How old is the protagonist of the story?

• A child

• An adult

• A baby

• An elderly person

When the protagonist and his friends visit the submarine children, what has the child they meet never heard of?

• Planes

• Cars

• Houses

• Schools

Why do the people in the submarines live in them?

• Because they like swimming

• Because they are mermaids

• Because they have to come to the city for work

• Because their homes were destroyed

How do the adults in the story feel about the people in the submarines?

• They try to ignore them

• They admire them

• They are jealous

• They hate them

True or false: there is washing hanging on the submarines

• True

• False

The narrator says that, each morning, the subs "pop out of the water like..."

• a jack-in-a-box

• fish

• sharks

• boiled dumplings

What kind of adults do sometimes visit the submarines?

• Doctors

• Lawyers

• Poets

• Teachers

What destroys the subs in the end?

• A fire

• A flood

• The children

• A typhoon