A Nonfiction Account of Hurricane Katrina by Dave Eggers
Question 14 • ELA 11B-CR
Read the excerpt from part 2 of Zeitoun.Only birds would survive this sort of apocalypse. Birds, some snakes, any beast that could find higher ground ahead of the rising tide. He looked for fish. If he was floating atop water shared with the lake, surely fish had been swept into the city. And, on cue, he saw a murky form darting between submerged tree branches.What is happening in the excerpt?
Answer
A
Zeitoun is considering the religious nature of the flood.
B
Zeitoun rejoices at the sight of birds in the trees.
C
Zeitoun spots fish swimming in the flood waters.
D
Zeitoun is contemplating the survival of domestic pets.
Explanation
Zeitoun reasons that fish may have been swept from the nearby lake into the flooded city. Then he sees a murky shape dart between submerged branches, which he takes to be a fish. The passage is about him spotting fish in the floodwaters, not birds or pets.
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