1) What is the genre of the story? a) biography b) nonfiction c) historical fiction d) drama e) poetry 2) What is the author's purpose? a) To inform the reader about how floods start b) To inform the reader about how life was back then c) To entertain the reader with a story that has historical facts and imagination d) To persuade the reader to build a new house e) To entertain the reader with a story about made up events and people f) To persuade the reader to do research about the great flood 3) What point of view is the story told from? a) first person (I, me, we, us) b) third person (they, them, she, he ) c) It does not have a point of view d) All the above 4) What does grandma mean when she says "the new house is just gravy"? a) She means that she is happy with what she has, and a new house is just extra b) She is saying that mashed potatoes are good with gravy c) She is saying that you don't need gravy, but it's nice to have d) She is saying that she loves her new house e) She is saying that a flood is coming 5) How many days did it take the flood waters to go down? a) 3 weeks b) 3 days c) 2 days d) 2 weeks 6) Where did Nora and Grandma find Grandpa? a) In the row boat b) in a tree c) in the new house d) in the barn 7) What did Nora find when she snuck out to the rowboat to look for Grandpa? a) She found grandpa in the tree b) She saw Major in the house c) She found Grandma was already in the boat d) She found grandpa in the rowboat 8) Why did Grandma bring Major into the house? a) because he is the family horse b) because they have no stove and the horse provided heat c) because they didn't want Major to drown d) because Major is old and needs to be kept safe e) because Major is a stove and they can cook things on it 9) How many inches of rain fell in Vermont during the flood of 1927? a) too many to count b) no one knows because it happened so long ago c) 10 inches d) 9 inches e) 1 foot of rain f) 3 inches

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