Storm Runners

Chapters 1-10

Reading Check

1. Lightning strikes him. (Chapter 1)

2. Chase and his dad’s portable home (Chapter 2)

3. Swimming (Chapter 5)

4. Her farm and the surrounding town (Chapter 6)

5. They have the same name. (Chapter 10)

Short Answer

1. Chase wonders about fate and if he can have more control over his life and protect the people around him. (Chapter 1)

2. They predict the time. They also plot how they would escape a certain area if needed. (Chapter 2)

3. Tomás is Chase’s dad’s business partner. He is also the brother of the man who owns the farm in Florida where Chase stays. He later risks his life to help Chase. (Chapters 2-10)

4. The Rossi family keeps and helps rehabilitate circus animals like lions and elephants. (Chapter 6)

5. Chase has a go bag filled with items that help him survive, like a phone, parka, and headlamps. His father has taught him the power of being prepared, so he always has his bag. He eventually shares these tools with Nicole and Rashawn, helping them get to the farmhouse. (Chapter 9)

Chapters 11-18

Reading Check

1. Near St. Petersburg (Chapter 12)

2. Nicole, Rashawn, and Chase (Chapter 16)

3. Something huge swimming by—an alligator (Chapter 17)

4. Five miles (Chapter 18)

Short Answer

1. People are worried about the hurricane and are keeping their children home. As the day passes, more people pick up their kids, making the school even emptier. (Chapter 11)

2. He wants to stay at school because he believes it is safer than the bus, but he joins her when Nicole insists on taking the bus. He feels a sense of responsibility to help her. (Chapter 14)

3. Chase knows the school is the safest place. He argues that they should remain there instead of leaving on the bus. Chase has his go bag and begins using it. He gives Rashawn a wrap to keep warm when she gets wet on the bus. He also uses his GPS when he realizes the bus driver is lost. (Chapters 11-18)

4. Chase gets on the bus to help Nicole even though he knows the school is safer. Chase tries to rescue the bus driver, despite the danger. He also tells Nicole and Rashawn to swim out first. He shares supplies with his friends. (Chapters 11-18)

Chapters 19-37

Reading Check

1. An alligator (Chapter 19)

2. Palm Breeze, where Chase and the Rossi farm are (Chapter 20)

3. They turn their headlamps to emergency mode (Chapter 26)

4. The Man Who Got Struck by Lightning (Chapter 32)

5. The leopard (Chapter 36)

6. Momma Rossi (Chapter 37)

Short Answer

1. The hurricane is washing away the levee road. Rashawn offers to jump over one of the flooded areas. (Chapter 19)

2. Cindy wants to report the news. She has been an investigative reporter before and wants to leave Richard and his attitude behind. She also wants to help people. (Chapters 20, 23)

3. Rashawn is a long jumper. She volunteers to try to leap over a large flooded area. The wind stops her, though, and she falls into the water. (Chapter 22)

4. Richard says he cares and will rush home, and then he asks about donuts and stays in the school. He acts like a hero but just seems to want attention. (Chapter 27)

5. Nicole realizes the wind keeps her back, so she swims underwater in short bursts, eventually making it to shore. (Chapters 31-33)

6. The eye of the hurricane is calm, without wind. The skies are clear. (Chapter 36)