The Day the Earth Dragon Awakes Test

What does the word crushing mean in the sentence below?

The machine is crushing the huge rocks.

• moving into piles

• breaking into pieces

• digging up from soil

• making a loud sound

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What does the word wreckage mean in the sentence?

The workers dug through the wreckage of the old train.

• passengers

• ruins

• travels

• sections

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What does the word possessions mean in the sentence?

Leonard put his most valuable possessions in a safe.

• things that belonged to him

• jewelry

• writings

• money

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What does the word constructed mean in the sentence?

The workers constructed a new bridge across the lake.

• drove

• swam

• walked

• built

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What does the word trembles mean in the sentence?

The dog gets scared and trembles whenever she hears thunder.

• barks

• runs

• shakes

• whines

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

When does the San Francisco earthquake begin? (page 350)

• on a fall afternoon in 1966

• early in the morning of the spring in 1906

• on a spring evening in 2006

• at midnight in the summer of 1906

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What are Chin and his father doing when the earthquake begins? (page 350)

• sending money to Chin's mother

• pulling up turnips from the ground

• preparing to go to Travises' house

• searching for the survivors in their tenement

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why did the author choose the verbs that he did in the following sentences? Walls crack and crumble. Windows shatter. Broken glass sprays like daggers. (page 351)

• to make us wonder what is happening

• to write in past tense

• to write in the future tense

• to create very clear images of what is happening

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What happens just BEFORE the tenement starts to fall? (page 251)

• Timers in the building crack.

• Chin's father forces him under a table.

• The ceiling drops on Chin and his father.

• Chin and his father are trapped in rubble.

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

What is the LAST step in the liquification process? (page 352)

• The soil becomes like quicksand.

• Rock and debris are dumped along the shore.

• Houses are built on top of a landfill.

• The earthquake brings up water from deep underground.