Rude awakening for residents as earthquake shakes North East

The speaker wakes up to a strange noise, initially suspecting it to be caused by their cat or boiler. After checking their phone, they receive a message from a neighbor confirming it was an earthquake. The speaker reflects on a previous, stronger earthquake experience and notes that family and neighbors also felt the recent tremor.

What was the narrator's first thought upon hearing the strange noise?

• It was an earthquake.

• The cat was causing the noise.

• The boiler was broken.

• A neighbor was making noise.

How did the narrator confirm the source of the noise?

• By asking the cat.

• By looking outside the window.

• By checking the boiler.

• By reading a text from a neighbor.

What did the narrator initially think the noise might be?

• A construction site.

• A thunderstorm.

• The cat or the boiler.

• A car accident.

How did the narrator's mother and neighbor react to the earthquake?

• They did not feel it.

• They were unaware of it.

• They felt it as well.

• They ignored it.

How did the narrator describe the previous earthquake compared to the recent one?

• Neither was felt by the narrator.

• The recent one was stronger.

• Both were equally strong.

• The previous one was stronger.