Earthquake Terror Quiz Game
What is the setting of the story?
Answer: The woods of Magpie Island
What is Jonathan’s first clue that something is wrong?
Answer: Moose starts pacing back and forth and barking. (pg. 30)
What are two things Jonathan usually has at home when he cares for Abby?
Answer: He had both a telephone and a neighbor to help him when he was at home.(pg. 30)
What did Jonathan plan to do when they returned to the camper?
Answer: Two things. First, he would get Abby settled on the bed Answer: Two things. First, he would get Abby settled on the bed. Then, he would turn on the radio and listen to the baseball game.
Name two things did Jonathan think were responsible for making the loud noises he heard?
Answer: Thunder, Hunters shooting a rifle, or a bomb going off. (pg
What 3 examples did the author give for how Jonathan felt During the earthquake? (Pg.33,35,36)
Answer: Surfboard catching a giant wave, riding a roller coaster standing up, standing in the center of an orchestra with drums on all sides.
How did Jonathan know he should protect his head during an earthquake?
Answer: The school’s earthquake drills taught him how.
Where did Jonathan and Abby find shelter during the earthquake?
Answer: Under a fallen tree (Pg.38)
Why might Jonathan’s parents not felt the earthquake?
Answer: Sometimes earthquakes are only in small areas. (pg. 41)
How did Jonathan’s dog get the name Moose?
Answer: His father said he looks half Moose. (pg. 43)
The striking of one body against another?
Answer: impact
A break in a rock mass caused by a shifting of the earth’s crust
Answer: fault
Moving in waves or with a smooth, wavy motion
Answer: undulating
Easily affected
Susceptible
A lifting or upward movement of the earth’s crust
upheaval
The remains of something broken or destroyed
debris