Hurricanes Reading Comprehension

What is the main idea of the passage?

• The hurricane of 1900 caused great damage to Galveston.

• Galveston was a popular vacation spot before the hurricane of 1900.

• Many people in Galveston have forgotten about the hurricane

• The hurricane of 1900 did more harm to other places than it did to Galveston.

The passage says that barrier islands are often hit hard by winds that accompany hurricane. What does accompany mean?

• come before

• are harmed by

• come along with

• are more powerful than

How did Milton organize his story about the storm?

• by telling about events in time order

• by listing the details in order of importance

• by asking questions and then answering them

• by comparing experience with that of his brothers

Why didn't Milton and his family leave the brick house until it started to fall apart?

• They were worried about getting lost outside

• They had promised to meet up with their neighbors

• They were planning to keep the house after the storm ended.

• They felt sure the house would remain standing through the storm.

After the hurricane, how did the people of Galveston try protect themselves from future storm?

• by using brick for all of their new building

• by raising their home and building a strong seawall

• by making new rafts that they could use for quick escapes

• by moving the center of the city north so it would be farther from the shore.

1. The information on page 192 is written in a nonfiction narrative form. From what point of view is it written?

• Third person

• First person

• Second person

• none of the above

1. The reader can tell that Milton’s account of the hurricane is true because-

• He is someone who experienced the hurricane firsthand.

• He’s read about the hurricane from a newspaper.

• He was told about the hurricane by a neighbor.

• He watched a TV program about the hurricane of 1900.

1. The descriptive accounts of the hurricane help the reader to-

• ask questions about a true topic

• know the main idea of the article

• visualize what was happening to the city & people of Galveston

• recognize that it is a fictional story

On page 194 the word debris is used to describe rafts that people used during the storm.

What does the word debris mean as used in that sentence?

• a sudden large increase in depth of the water

• when people or animals die

• pieces of things that were broken or destroyed

• something that is full and about to overflow

1. The photographs used in the story help the reader to infer that-

• The city of Galveston was not rebuilt after the storm.

• The people expected the storm to hit in another state.

• The city was barely damaged by the hurricane of 1900.

• Even though the city was devasted by the hurricane of 1900, the people of Galveston worked hard to rebuild the city that we enjoy today.