The Johnstown Flood

What was the mood at the beginning of the story?

• joyful

• peaceful

• tense

• angry

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which event happened first?

• A great wave hit the town.

• Gertrude rode on a muddy mattress.

• Gertrude's father reached dry land.

• Rain flooded the town.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

James Quinn was not worried about his wife because she

• made it to the top of the hill.

• happened to be out of town.

• wouldn't leave the house.

• was a very strong swimmer.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What event happened last?

• James Quinn led his family up the hill.

• A dead horse slammed into Gertrude's raft.

• Gertrude crawled out of a hole in the house.

• Two men wrapped Gertrude in a blanket.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Why didn't Gertrude follow her father to the hill?

• Gertrude had the measles and was too sick to run.

• The woman who was carrying her turned back to the house.

• Her aunt was slow because she had to carry Gertrude.

• Gertrude was angry with her father and she disobeyed him.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What was the mood while the flood was raging through the town?

• calm

• frightening

• boring

• hopeful

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Gertrude survived the flood by

• hiding in a cupboard

• following her father

• climbing on the roof of a building

• floating on a mattress

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

From what you learned in the story, Gertrude was

• a woman

• an old woman

• a little girl

• a baby

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What was the mood at the end of the story?

• optimistic

• solemn

• cheerful

• relaxed

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which caused the greatest damage to the town?

• the rain that slowly crept up into the yards of homes in town

• a roof the size of a steamboat that raced down the street on top of the floodwaters

• the huge wave that hit the town and flooded the streets with water

• the fire that Gertrude watched burn after she found safety

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1