The Earth Dragon Awakes

Vocabulary

100

The workers constructed a new bridge nearby my house. What does the word constructed mean?

a. built b. torn down c. drove

a. built

200

Our cat gets scared and trembles whenever she hears loud noises. What does the word trembles mean?

a. runs b. cries c. shakes d. screams

C. shakes

300

The workers dug through the wreckage of the ancient building. What does WRECKAGE mean?

a. ruins b. travels c. sections d. crumbs

a. ruins

400

John put his most valuable possessions in a bank safety box. What does POSSESSIONS mean?

a. money b. jewelry c. belongings d. jupiter

C. belongings

500

The huge machine was crushing the boulders. What does CRUSHING mean?

a. making piles b. breaking into pieces c. digging up the soil d. planting trees

B. breaking into pieces

Synonyms

100

What is a synonym for "nearby"?

a. midst b. close c. distant

b. close

200

What is a synonym for frightened?

a. uneasy b. calm c. terrified

c. terrified

300

What is a synonym for make? 

a. focus  b. construct  c. break

b. construct

400

What is a synonym for sit? 

a. perch  b. stand  c. lay

a. perch

500

What is a synonym for write? 

a. make  b. close  c. record

c. record

The Earth Dragon Awakes

100

Chin and his father live.....

a. in China in 1880

b. in San Francisco in 2006

c. in San Francisco's Chinatown in 1906

c. in San Francisco's Chinatown in 1906

200

When the earthquake begins, Chin and his father are... a. pulling up turnips from the ground b. preparing to go to the Travises' house c. eating lunch in the kitchen

b. preparing to go to the Travises' house

300

How does Ah Sing explain the earthquake to Chin? a. he says Chin's mother is crying b. he says the Earth Dragon is scratching c. he says Ah Quon is searching for them

b. he says the Earth Dragon is scratching

400

What happens just before the tenement starts to fall? a. Timbers in the building crack. b. Chin and his father hide under a table c. Chin and his father are trapped in the rubble

b. Chin and his father hide under a table

500

How does Chin answer when his father asks if he is all right?

a. He does not respond.  b. He squeezes his father's arm.  c. He says he is hurt. 

b. He squeezes his father's arm. 

Grammar

100

Make a possessive noun: The paw of the dog

What is dog's paw.

200

Make a possessive noun: The room of the brothers

What is brothers' room

300

Make a possessive noun The decision of the moms

What is moms' decision

400

Make a possessive noun The teacher of the children

What is children's teacher

500

Make it possessive: The cave that belongs to the dragons is very big. 

The dragons' cave. 

Random

100

What is Miss Weaver's middle name? 

a. Rose  b. Margaret  C. Renee

b. Margaret

200

What is Miss Weaver's favorite animal? 

a. sloth  b. tiger  c. monkey

a. sloth

300

How old is Miss Weaver? 

a. 32  b. 19  c. 59  d. 28

d. 28

400

What is Miss Weaver's daughters name? 

a. Maggie  b. Reina  c. Katie

b. Reina

500

How many years has Miss Weaver been teaching? 

a. five  b. ten  c. three

c. three