Characters
Name of main character in story
Who is Kyle?
State the Davidson family lived in
What is Kansas?
A large destructive ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake
What is a tsunami?
2 of the 4 summer goals Kyle has set
1) raise his batting average over .250
2) pop a wheelie on his scooter
3) get his parents to raise his allowance
4) make Daren leave him alone
This is what Kyle used to stop smoke from getting into his nose and mouth
What is a wet towel?
Name of main character's sister
Who is BeeBee?
State the family traveled to for the work vacation
What is Oregon?
To leave a place of danger and go somewhere safer
What is evacuate?
The reason why the family received an expense paid trip
What is Dad received salesman of the year?
Kyle tripped over this in the smoke-filled hallway
What is Daren's body?
Name of main character's enemy
Name 1 of the 2 hotels that were by the beach
1) Frontier Lodge
2) Totem Pole Inn
Overturn in the water
What is capsize?
The reason why Kyle's family had to stay at the Totem Pole Inn
What is the Frontier Lodge was still under construction?
BeeBee lost her most valuable possession in the hotel fire
What is Bill the Bear?
Names of the 2 grandmothers the sister is named after
Who is Barbara and Bernice?
Place where the tsunami warning sign was posted
What is the beach?
Careful way of saving money
What is frugality?
This is where people should go after an earthquake hits by the beach
What is inland and uphill?
The signal played on Fisher Beach to warn of a tsunami
What are cows mooing?
Name of two people who helped Kyle and BeeBee get to safety
Who are Josie and Norm?
Name of the beach the family stayed on
What is Fisher Beach?
A small cruise ship used for entertaining. The Elegant Empress is an example of one.
What is a yacht?
This is what Kyle and BeeBee ordered from room service
What is pizza and milkshakes?
Name the 2 items BeeBee and Kyle ate from the refrigerator they found in the debris
What are bread and pickles?