1. What time does the hurricane make landfall?
10 p.m.
2. What type of hurricane is Hurricane Katrina?
A Category 5 hurricane
3. What neighborhood in New Orleans does the story take place?
Hollygrove
4. What object does the narrator and family use to break out of the attic window?
A pool cue
5. What does Marcus get knocked out with?
A baseball bat
Chapter 2
6. What street do the main character and family walk to when they leave the house?
Claiborne
7. What happens when the narrator and his family reach Claiborne?
They are unable to get across the street.
8. What type of vehicle picks them up?
A military truck
9. Who is the narrator separated from?
Marcus and his mother
10. Where does the narrator get dropped off?
The Louisiana Superdome
Chapter 3
11. How long is the narrator stuck at the Superdome?
Three Days
12. What does the narrator eat while at the Superdome?
A MRE (Meal, Ready-To-Eat)
13. After being kicked out of the Superdome, what do they use as a raft?
A dresser
14. Who did the narrator reunite with?
His father and Marcus
15. Where does the narrator and his famiy go after the rescue?
The Astrodome
Chapter 4
16. Why does the main character and his family choose to stay in Houston instead of returning home?
They had no home to go back to
17. What disease does the narrator and his family have to get tested for?
Hepatitis A
18. Who does the narrator meet in Houston?
A girl, Chen
19. Who gets sick in the family?
Caleb, the narrator's brother
20. How does the novel end?
The main character is in a classroom and begins telling the story of Hurricane Katrina.