Lesson 12 Study Guide
Vocabulary
Debris –
Possessions –
Wreckage –
Constructed –
Crushing –
Rubble –
Trembles –
Tenement –
Timbers –
Slab You will have to know the synonyms of the words:
gift, find, nearby, fearless, frightened
Comprehension
1. What happens AFTER Ah Quon rescues Chin?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Chin begins digging a narrow tunnel.
Ah Quon saves Chin’s father.
Chin leaves his father behind.
Ah Quon screams “Fire!” and runs away.
2.
What does the author convey in the sentences below?
Chin claws at the broken boards and plaster. Dust chokes their noses and throats. Still they scramble away like wild
animals.
a)
b)
c)
d)
The beliefs inspired by the myth of the Earth Dragon.
The crazy fantasies of an old man.
The vivid imagination of a young man.
The terror created by being caught in an earthquake.
3.
What are Chin and his father doing when the earthquake begins?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Sending money to Chin’s mother.
Preparing to go to the Travises’ house.
Searching for survivors in their tenement.
Pulling up turnips from the ground.
4.
What happens just BEFORE the tenement starts to fall?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Chin and his father are trapped in rubble.
The ceiling drops on Chin and his father.
Chin and his father hide under a table.
Timbers in the building crack.
5.
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.”
a)
b)
c)
d)
6.
He loves his son very much.
He knows his son will disobey him.
He doesn’t really mean what he says.
He doesn’t want to live away from his homeland.
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.
a)
b)
c)
d)
7.
What happens AFTER someone yells “Fire!”?
a)
b)
c)
d)
8.
Chin will never trust his father again.
Chin wishes his father would express his love more often.
Chin has always admired his father.
Chin gains new appreciation for his father during the earthquake.
The legs on Chin’s table collapse.
Cattle stamped and killed a man.
People run away from Chin and his father.
The tenement falls.
When does the San Francisco earthquake begin?
a)
b)
c)
d)
9.
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.
What is the LAST step in the liquefaction process?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Houses are built on top of landfill.
The earthquake brings up water from deep underground.
The soil becomes like quicksand.
Rock and debris are dumped along the shore.
10. How would you evaluate the author’s use of verbs in the sentences below?
Walls crack and crumble. Windows shatter. Broken glass sprays like daggers.
a)
Shift from past to present
b) shift from present to past
c) vague and imprecise d) create vivid images
Decoding
5 questions will ask you what the base word is for the giving word.
Example:
What is the base word for the word amazed?
a) amaz
b) maze
c) mazed
d) amaze
5 questions will ask you what is the base word AND ending for the given word.
Example:
What are the base word and the ending for the word tapped?
a)
b)
c)
d)
tap and -ped
tape and -ed
tapp and -ed
tap and -ed
Grammar
10 questions will ask you which phrase can CORRECTLY replace the underlined words in the
sentence.
Example:
The children enjoyed working in the garden of their uncle.
a)
b)
c)
d)
their uncle’s gardens’
their uncles garden’s
their uncle’s garden
their uncles’ garden