WorksheetsCh. 9-12
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 50mins
The shelter is described as "cramped" due to all of the people there. What does cramped mean?
Wide open
Very small and crowded
Clean and empty
Quiet and peaceful
Read the following passage and use it to answer the question that follows: "Stacy was on her way back and heard us grumbling. 'Will you two shut up? Do you know how lucky we are? We're alive . . . and our families are alive!'" Which of the following best describes Stacey’s feelings about Dan and Arthur’s conversation and their complaints?
On page 124, Dan thinks to himself, "If anyone was being punished with a tornado, I was. I was the one who had resented a helpless baby, my own flesh and blood. I wondered now how I could have felt that way about him." Which of the following does the passage above suggest is the reason Dan takes some responsibility for the tornadoes?
Dan loved Ryan so much prior to the tornado.
Dan feels it was punishment for not appreciating Ryan more.
On page 146-147, readers gain more information about the tornadoes that night when it stated, "After the official investigation, our storm was labeled a first-class freak. The six or seven funnels that touched down didn't follow tornado rules at all. Not for size, direction, or velocity. Most tornadoes are are less than half a mile wide . . . and in spite of the fact that 99.5 percent of Northern Hemisphere tornadoes turn counterclockwise, two of ours spun the other way. Even Dr. Fujita, the great tornado wizard, was baffled." Which of the following does the passage above suggest that the tornadoes were particularly complicated or different than normal tornadoes?
There were 12 tornadoes that touched down.
Some of the tornadoes rotated the opposite way than almost all typical tornadoes.
What important news does Dan learn while at the shelter?
The school will reopen soon.
The storm never happened that night. It was all a dream.
That some areas were hit by more tornadoes.
That his house turned purple from the tornado,
It can most reasonably be inferred from the line, “It is my opinion that her heart was too big to be housed in such an insignificant body,” Dan feels: (152)
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How does Dan change from the beginning of the story to the end?
Dan goes from being a kind and caring person to a rude and unkind person.
Dan goes from being a judgmental and rude person to a kind and caring person.
Dan didn't change during the story.
Dan became a tornado.
Provide a sense of closure to the reader and tell what happened to the characters and town after the tornado.
