Characters
This is the Zane's last name.
What is Dupree?
This is the first thing Zane feels when he steps off of the airplane into New Orleans.
What is the heat?
The tropical depression that becomes Hurricane Katrina formed near this land mass.
What are the Bahama Islands?
"The eerie snap! and ping! as phone lines and power lines break away..."
What is onomatopoeia?
This is the acronym we use for open response writing.
What is RACES?
This character, like Zane, is multiracial (or as they prefer, "mixed race.")
Who is Miss Trissy/Grammy?
Zane, Bandy, and Miss Trissy try to evacuate the city in this vehicle.
What is a church van?
This is the wind speed (in miles per hour) that tropical storms need to reach in order to be categorized hurricanes.
What is 74?
"Enough water to fill the world."
What is hyperbole?
What is highlight/circle?
Malvina tells a bunch of these to make Zane and Mr. Tru laugh.
What are jokes?
These structures designed to regulate water levels failed, causing most of the flooding.
What are levees?
This is a vocabulary term for scattered pieces of waste or remains.
What is debris?
"Far in the distance a siren wails and wails."
C is RACES stands for this.
What is cite?
Mr. Tru is a famous _______________ .
What is musician?
Mr. Tru uses this tool to save Zane from the snake that slipped into their canoe.
What is a paddle?
This is the month and year Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans.
"...my tongue is so dry it feels as crispy as a slice of fried bacon."
What is a simile?
The sentence starter "In conclusion..." matches with which step in RACES?
This is the name of Zane's uncle who died mysteriously.
Who is James?
Bandy jumping out of the window is the novel's first new problem. This is also known as this plot stage.
What is the inciting incident?
This is the term used to describe the rising of sea levels that create flooding during hurricanes.
What is storm surge?
"A world where the water and the sky melt together..."
What is alliteration?
The acronyms CUPS and ARMS are used for these two important steps.
What are editing and revising?