Why did Samantha look at her pink dress a lot?
She wanted to bring it with her.
Why didn't Samantha go home right after the hurricane passed?
Because her town was flooded.
Samantha had to go to a new school after Hurricane Katrina. True or False?
True
When Samantha and her dad heard about the hurricane, they had different reactions to it. Which sentence shows how Samantha feels?
"Not a big deal, I thought."
When Samantha visited her house, she made an important discovery. She realized that...
...she was fortunate.
Think about the word 'untouched'. If the house is untouched after a fire, it is not burned. True or False?
True!
Which city, state, and country was Samantha from?
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, USA
It took 9 hours for Samantha and her mom to get to the hotel because there was a lot of traffic. True or False?
False - the traffic was normal.
Which body of water did the hurricane come from?
The Gulf of Mexico
When she got back to St. Bernard Parish, she said things were different because...
...everything was muddy and brown.
When you 'evacuate', you...
leave / go away / run
The middle of a hurricane is called...
the eye of the hurricane.
Tell one synonym of the word 'hurricane'.
storm / typhoon / cyclone
Was Samantha worried about the future at the end of the story?
Nope!
The things in Samantha's room are not in their right places because...
the water knocked over all her things.
A hurricane is a type of __________ _________.
natural disaster
Hurricane Katrina was a Category __ hurricane.
First Category 4, later Category 5
New Orleans was flooded because the city is lower than the sea level and its _____ were broken during the hurricane.
levees
Samantha's mom told her to bring only 'necessities'. That means...
They can only bring things they really need to survive, like water or food.
How many years ago was Hurricane Ivan?
Hurricane Katrina was in 2005. Hurricane Ivan was in 2004. (p.154) In 2021, that is 17 years ago.