The Tsunami - Comprehension Questions

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Part I
1. Who was Ignesious?
2. Why was he woken up at 6 a.m. by his wife?
3. Why did he put his television on the ground?
4.  How many of his family member survived? How did the others lose their lives?
5. Who was Sanjeev? Where did he work?
6. Whom did he save?
7.  How did he lose his life?
8. How old was Meghna?
9. What did she hold on to save herself and for how long?
10.  Why did the rescue helicopters fail to save her?
11. How did she finally reach ashore?
12. What was her condition when she found herself on the land?
13. Who was Almas Javed? How old was she?
14. What did her father do?
15. Why did they go to Nancowry island?
16. What did Alma's father  understand when he saw the sea water receding?
17. What happened to Alma's father and grandfather?
18. How were her mother and aunt killed?
19. How did Alma save herself?
20. What was the impact of the tragedy on the girl?



 Part II
 1. Where did the Smith family come from?
2. Where did they go to celebrate Christmas?
3. Who was Tilly Smith?
4. What were the names of her parents?
5. What changes did the family observe about the sea?
6. Seeing the waves, what was Tilly Smith reminded of?
7. What similarities did she find between the sea  in the video and the sea  at the Thailand beach?
8. What lesson did Tilly Smith learn about the Tsunami from her geography teacher?
9. What made Tilly Smith’s family members to leave the beach?
10. Where did the the Smiths take shelter?
11. How do we know that the building was good enough to save their lives?
12.  What saved the lives of the Smiths and hundreds of other people on the morning of 26 January?
13. What might save our lives when natural calamities hit us?


Part III
1. What evidences convince us that wild and domestic animals seem to know the outbreak of the Tsunami?
2.  How do people interpret the strange behavior of the animals before the Tsunami?
3. What was astonishing about the Tsunami casualty figures?
4. What was strange about the behavior of the three elephants at Yala National Park?
5.  How was the Srilankan  gentleman’s life saved by  his two dogs?








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