I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor Quiz

Name _________________________

Part 1: Comprehension Write the correct answer on the provided line.

______1. Where is Pearl Harbor located?

a. New Yorkb. Pennsylvania

c. Californiad. Hawaii

_______2. Before moving to Hawaii, where did Danny live?

a. New York Cityb. Philadelphia

c. Los Angelesd. Washington D.C.

_______3. Why did Danny and Finn skip school and go on a subway down to Brooklyn?

a. To spot a U-boatb. they were sick

c. they didntd. to play games

_______4. What kind of animal did Aki have in his hands?

a. a wild dogb. A horse

c. a board. a porcupine

_______5. What did Akis dad do for a hobby?

a. Fishedb. Swam

c. Paintedd. Drew pictures

_______6. What is the name of the ship that Danny wanted to escape on?

a. The Carmellab. The Tarshis

c. The Carpathiad. The Hugenot

_______7. What country was attacking Pearl Harbor?

a. Hawaiib. Japan

c. Chinad. Germany

_______8. After the attack at Pearl Harbor, where did Mack and Danny go to find Dannys mom?

a. The carb. the boat

c. the hospitald. Mr. Sudos house

_______9. What present did Danny give Aki after the attack?

a. a paper airplaneb. a wild board

c. a puppyd. a new watch

_______10. Why did the soldiers search the Sudos home?

a. Looking for drawingsb. Looking for spies

c. Looking for fishermend. Looking for Aki

Part 2: Match the character to the characters description.

Word Bank:

A. Danny

B. Mom

C. Mack

D. Aki

E. Mr. Sudo

F. Finn

1. I am sent to jail. ________________

2. I am a 3 year old boy. ________________

3. I am Dannys friend who fell from the fire escape. ________________

4. I work at Hickam Hospital. __________________

5. I am the main character. ____________________

6. I am a soldier whose arm was bleeding badly. ________________

Part 3: Write Fact or Opinion

1. _______________ Mr. Sudo was a great artist.

2. _______________ Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

3. _______________ The air was filled up with a horrible smell.

4. _______________ The Japanese were wrong to attack Pearl Harbor.

5. _______________ The US joined WWII and fought against Japan and Germany.

Part 4: Figurative Language

Word Bank (choices may be used more than once or not at all):

Hyperbole, simile, metaphor, personification, idiom, onomatopoeia

1. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom! Rat, tat, tat, tat. _____________________________

2. It (the air) smelled like burned rubber and plastic. _______________________

3. For such a shrimp, the kid was a real muscleman. ________________________

4. It (dessert) tasted sweet as a lollipop. _________________________

5. The words hung in the air a minute a boy like you and then they seemed to slap Danny in the face. _______________________

Part 5: Short Answer

Explain with examples the type of character Danny is at the beginning of the story and how he changes as a character by the end of the story.