"Quiet Town" Review

What did people do when they couldn't see the high-water mark on the wall?

• They ignored the mark.

• They asked someone for help.

• They used a ladder to get a better view.

• They estimated the mark's position.

How did Ezze react when Benji tugged on Bev's hand too tightly?

• Ezze laughed

• Ezze cried

• Ezze ignored it

• Ezze got angry

What did Bev notice about Benji's eyes?

• They were blue.

• They were green.

• They were brown.

• They were hazel.

What did Ezze say about the crab shell Pippa brought home?

• It was beautiful

• It was too small

• It was broken

• It was colorful

What sound did Bev hear that she hadn't heard in a long time?

• A train whistle

• A church bell

• A dog's bark

• A car horn

What did Benji say about Rascal?

• Rascal is very clever.

• Rascal is very lazy.

• Rascal is very friendly.

• Rascal is very noisy.

When Bev offers Ezze a glass of tap water, how does this contribute to the theme? (Paragraphs 28-33)

• It shows that what is happening in the outside world has little effect on people.

• It demonstrates how ignoring changes in the environment could hurt one’s health.

• It illustrates the strong relationships that develop between neighbors in difficult times.

• It introduces the way in which the government has failed to keep the townspeople safe.

Which detail best supports the idea that Bev had time to take action to save herself and Benji? (Paragraphs 9-10)

• “Most of those houses were empty now. Just me and Benji, Bev thought.”

• “He held his tennis shoes in one hand, but whatever he’d gotten into, he’d taken them off too late. They were caked with gray mud” (Paragraph 35)

• “The radio warning all those years ago, when Benji was small, had been wrong. ‘Fifty years, they’d said.’” (Paragraph 52)

• “And in the quiet then they could hear it: the water, its thousand narrow fingers, creeping through the dead lawns and over the bleached asphalt.” (Paragraph 74)

How does Bev’s conversation with Gordy contribute to the understanding of the theme? (Paragraphs 46-51)

• It explains how they had ignored and laughed at the warnings.

• It explains how the school became flooded causing the students to leave.

• It explains how cooler temperatures caused the sea level to drop and freeze.

• It explains how there were no options left and the warnings don’t matter.

Initially, what was people’s attitude toward the warning about the sea levels rising?

• Most of the people immediately packed and left the town.

• Most of the people ignored the warning and never left the town.

• Most of the people laughed and joked instead of taking the warning seriously.

• Most of the people took the message seriously and invited scientists to come and speak.