Vocab
Vocab
synonyms
Comprehension
Comprehension
100
What does the word crushing mean?
Think in terms of an earthquake
smashing something into pieces
100
What does the word tremble mean?
shakes
100
What is the synonym for evil?
-joyful
-happy
-wicked
wicked
100
What happens AFTER someone yells "Fire!"?
People run away from where chin and Ah Sing are buried
100
How do you know that Chin loves his father?
-he tries to dig to save him at the end
-he squeezes his fathers arm to let him know he is okay
200
What is a slab?
a large piece of something
200
What is a tenement?
a poorly built/run down apartment
200
Which is a synonym for ran?
-slopped
-scurried
-chased
scurried
200
What conclusion could the reader draw about Chin's father, based on the dialogue below?
“Don't worry about me,” urges his father. “Save yourself.”
Father loves Chin very much by trying to give his own life.
200
What happens just BEFORE the tenement starts to fall?
- Chin and his father hide under a table.
300
What are timbers?
Pieces of wood used to build a house
300
What is rubble?
Broken bits of a building
300
Which is a synonym for enjoyable?
-scrappy
-lovely
-suspicious
-lovely
300
What does the author mean by this sentence below:
Walls crack and crumble. Windows shatter. Broken glass sprays like daggers.
to show the earthquake is destroying everything in San Fransisco/ to show all the damage and wreckage
300
What happens AFTER Ah Quon rescues Chin?
Chin turns around and starts digging his father out.
400
What does the word possessions mean?
someone's belongings or things they own
400
What does the word debris mean?
broken/damage bits and pieces of things.
400
Which is a synonym for walked?
-parked
-strolled
-stored
-strolled
400
When does the San Francisco earthquake begin?
- on a fall afternoon in 1966
- on a spring evening in 2006
- at midnight in the summer of 1906
- early in the morning in the spring of 1906
- early in the morning in the spring of 1906
400
What are Chin and his father doing when the earthquake begins?
- sending money to Chin's mother
- pulling up turnips from the ground
- preparing to go to the Travises' house
- searching for survivors in their tenement
- preparing to go to the Travises' house
500
what does the word constructed mean?
built/made
500
What does the word wreckage mean?
something is destroyed
500
Which is a synonym for outstanding?
-gorgeous
-stupendous
-outrageous
-stupendous
500
What does the author mean to show in the sentences below?
Chin claws at the broken boards and plaster. Dust chokes their noses
and throats. Still they scrabble away like wild animals.
- the crazy fantasies of an old man
- the vivid imagination of a young man
- the terror created by being caught in an earthquake
- the beliefs inspired by the myth of the Earth Dragon
- the terror created by being caught in an earthquake
500
Which conclusion could the reader draw from the sentences below?
Chin crawls up through the passage, leaving his father behind. He
would be scared to be left alone in the darkness. Until now he
didn't realize how brave his father is. Or how much he loves Chin.
- Chin will never trust his father again.
- Chin wishes his father would express his love more often.
- Chin gains new appreciation for his father during the earthquake.
- Chin gains new appreciation for his father during the earthquake.