Green City Comprehension Test

What event destroyed Greensburg in the beginning of the story?

• a flood

• an earthquake

• a tornado

• a fire

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What does it mean for a town to be green?

• People do not use more than they need

• The houses have many vegetable gardens

• People in the area study to become gardeners

• The area has many parks and green places

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which sentence best describes the author of this selection?

• He lives in Greensburg and remembers the events.

• He learned about events in Greensburg from his family.

• He researched Greensburg and wanted to help the people. 

• He learned about Greensburg from books and newspapers.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

Why does the author call the school the center of Greensburg’s plans

to rebuild?

• It is the most important building.

• It is the tallest building in the entire town.

• It is in the middle of the town.

• It is a place where people study architecture.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

How long did it take the tornado to destroy Greensburg?

• 9 minutes

• 1 day

• 1 hour

• 90 minutes

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What was the only thing that remained in Greensburg?

• The library

• The water tower

• The school

• The people

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

How do people in Greensburg feel about their town at the end?

• They feel angry because so much of their town has been

  destroyed.

• They feel sad because many people have moved away from

  their town.

• They feel frightened about what might happen to their town in

  the future.

• They feel proud because they have made their town a better

  place to live.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

By summer, the people of Greensburg were ___.

• living in their own small city of three hundred trailer homes

• camping in army tents that were set up on their own properties

• participating in special events to raise money to rebuild their

  town

• scattered across Kansas, being housed by friends and relatives

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

The day after the tornado hit, what did the people of Greensburg do?

• They boarded buses that had been hired to take them to a

  nearby town.

• They made a memorial to the eleven people who had died in

  the tornado.

• They collected and shared usable items from the wreckage.

• They met in a huge emergency tent set up amid rubble outside

  the courthouse.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

Lana and John Janssen were recycling when they __.

• collected damaged trees to use as wood for their new home

• reclaimed kitchen cabinets and tiles from the remains of their

  old homes

• used the Greensburg population sign to decorate their

  temporary trailer home

• turned old cars into insulation for the garage they were building

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3