Earthquake Quiz: Pdf

Maya grabbed the damp, slightly crumpled pages. Twenty questions. Perfect.

The shaking stopped. The silence returned, thick and heavy.

She pressed the button. The ancient machine groaned louder than the aftershock. Paper jammed, un-jammed, and then, like a miracle, began to spit out pages. Question 1: What is the point inside the Earth where an earthquake starts?

She walked to the window. Sirens wailed in the distance. Across the street, Mr. Henderson was standing in his bathrobe, holding a single potted fern.

It was 11:47 PM. The 20-question multiple-choice quiz on seismic waves, fault lines, and safety protocols was due to be printed on the old printer in the teachers’ lounge by 7:00 AM sharp. Her fourth graders were counting on her. Or rather, they were counting on a break from fractions.

"Seriously?" she muttered, as the first real jolt hit.

On a whim, she crawled over and checked the print queue on its tiny screen. There it was. 1 document waiting: EARTHQUAKE_QUIZ_FINAL_FINAL_v3.pdf

Her apartment swayed. A bookshelf vomited its contents. The famous "Drop, Cover, and Hold On" poster from the district office—the one she’d tacked up for irony—fell off the wall.