Catch Me if you Can
Hurricane: A Force of Nature
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100

The narrator says that most of the runners fall down during the race, exhausted. What does the word exhausted mean as it is used in the play?

Weary from activity

100

Which category of a Hurricane cause the most damage? 

Category 5 

100

If there is a _____________ of water, there is a sudden large increase in its depth.

Surge 

100

People who watch an event 

Spectators 

100

When you visualize you do what? 

Use your 5 senses to create pictures in your mind? 

200

Name two words that describe Young John

fair and understanding

200

Why does the author claim that pilots who are called hurricane hunters are “daring”?

They fly airplanes directly into the rain and winds of hurricanes.

200

When people or animals dies they ________________.

Perish

200

Not believing that something is true.

Disbelief 

200

What are the two types of point of view? 

First hand account and second hand account. 

300

Summarize what happens during the race

Atalanta and Young John run together and tie for first place.

300

Shirley Murillo says that the data she collects during a hurricane hunter flight plays a critical role in helping forecasters. What does the word critical mean as it is used in the article?

Important 

300

Pieces of something that was broken or destroyed. 

Debris

300

What is the genre of "Catch me if you Can? 

A Play 

300

Who performs in a drama or play? 

Actors on a stage 

400

What happens at the end of the play? 

Atalanta goes to China and Young John goes to the Pyramids

400

What event caused Shirley Murillo to become interested in hurricanes?

She experienced Hurricane Andrew.

400

To act with a lot of love and admiration. 

Adorningly 

400

What is the genre of Hurricanes: A Force of Nature? 

Informational Text 

400

Who is the narrator of a story? 

The person who is telling the story? 

500

What is the theme of the play? 

People should be allowed to plan their own lives

500

What is the central idea of the article?

Meteorologists study hurricanes to help people better prepare for them.

500

The skills or ability to do something

Capable 

500

What is the genre of Rent Party Jazz? 

Historical Fiction 

500

Is this term from "Catch me if you Can? an adage? 

"Don't catch your chickens before they're hatched". 

Yes it is an adage. 

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