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Unit 1 Formative 4
By Shannon Go [Dearing ES]
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Question 1
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What is the main idea of the text?
There's not a way to survive a tsunami
Most people died
Tsunamis are dangerous
As a deadly tsunami speeds towards Japan’ coast, a group of kids race to save themselves and hundreds of others.
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Question 2
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What is the main idea of the text?
There's not a way to survive a tsunami
Most people died
Tsunamis are dangerous
As a deadly tsunami speeds towards Japan’ coast, a group of kids race to save themselves and hundreds of others.
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Question 3
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What is the main idea of the text?
There's not a way to survive a tsunami
Most people died
Tsunamis are dangerous
As a deadly tsunami speeds towards Japan’ coast, a group of kids race to save themselves and hundreds of others.
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Question 4
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What were the students doing when the earthquake started?
studying tsunamis
they were getting ready for afterschool activities
in class
waiting for their parents
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Question 5
5.
In what ocean did this tsunami occur?
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Indian
Sea of Japan
Question 6
6.
In what country did this tsunami occur?
Asia
Japan
China
India
Question 7
7.
What was the junior high school’s name where the students attended?
Disaster East
Elementary East
Japanese
Kamaishi East
Question 8
8.
How many more times powerful was the earthquake in Japan than the earthquake in Haiti?
10,000 times
100 times
10 times
1,000 times
Question 9
9.
Use context clues to find the meaning of these words
massive
medium
small
large
deep
Question 10
10.
Use context clues to find the meaning of these words
obliterated
drowned
saved
preserved
destroyed
Question 11
11.
Use context clues to find the meaning of these words
hazard
construction
chemical
danger
safety
Question 12
12.
Why did the students create hazard maps of possible tsunamis?
for a grade
to put walls up
To understand the possible damage and to create an escape plan
to rebuild the city
Question 13
13.
Why did the students of Kamaishi East know that the disaster wasn’t over after the earthquake?
Students were experts in tsunami history and science and they understood that this was a very powerful earthquake
they heard an alarm
the elementary school teachers told them
their teacher told them
Question 14
14.
Use context clues to find the meaning of these words
Engulfed
underneath
golfing
completely covered and surrounded
partly covered
Question 15
15.
Why did the teachers in the elementary school change their minds?
they saw the wave
their principal told them to
They saw older students running
they heard the alarm
Question 16
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How did the students know that they had no time to stand and wait?
The students knew that this earthquake was far more powerful than any earthquake
they got lucky
they guessed
they panicked
Question 17
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Use context clues to find the meaning of these words
quaint
cute
small
large
peculiar
Question 18
18.
Use context clues to find the meaning of these words
submerged
underwater
washed away
destroyed
exploded
Question 19
19.
Use context clues to find the meaning of these words
reunited
brought back together
separated
isolated
added to
Question 20
20.
Use context clues to find the meaning of these words
lair
an animal's or monsters' resting place
starting point
epicenter
wavelength
Question 21
21.
What happened to many coastal towns?
rebuilt
saved
preserved
simply erased by raging waters
Question 22
22.
Why is this story inspiring to the people of the city?
they rebuilt the city
they didn't help anyone
Everyone survived by their quick reaction
they let othe people die
