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?

  1. New Yorkb. Pennsylvania

c. Californiad. Hawaii

______2. Before moving to Hawaii, where did Danny live?

  1. 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?

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

c. they didn’td. to play games

______4. What kind of animal did Aki have in his hands?

  1. a wild dogb. A horse

c. a board. a porcupine

______5. What did Aki’s dad do for a hobby?

  1. Fishedb. Swam

c. Paintedd. Drew pictures

______6. What is the name of the ship that Danny wanted to escape on?

  1. The Carmellab. The Tarshis

c. The Carpathiad. The Hugenot

______7. What country was attacking Pearl Harbor?

  1. Hawaiib. Japan

c. Chinad. Germany

______8. After the attack at Pearl Harbor, where did Mack and Danny go to find Danny’s mom?

  1. The carb. the boat

c. the hospitald. Mr. Sudo’s house

______9. What present did Danny give Aki after the attack?

  1. a paper airplaneb. a wild board

c. a puppyd. a new watch

______10. Why did the soldiers search the Sudo’s home?

  1. Looking for drawingsb. Looking for spies

c. Looking for fishermend. Looking for Aki

Part 2: Match the character to the character’s description.

Word Bank:

  1. Danny
  2. Mom
  3. Mack
  4. Aki
  5. Mr. Sudo
  6. Finn
  1. I am sent to jail. ______
  2. I am a 3 year old boy. ______
  3. I am Danny’s 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.