2. How would you describe Miranda’s relationship with her brothers, Matt and Jonny? How does this relationship change during the course of the story? 

3. Why is Jonny being given more food than the other family members? 

4. After Mrs. Nesbitt dies, Miranda goes through her kitchen cabinets and says doing so makes her “feel like a cannibal?” (p.240) Why does she feel this way? 

5. On New Year’s Eve, Miranda wonders if people ever realize how precious life is. (p.287) What events have happened to Miranda’s life to remind her that life is precious? 

6. What does Miranda give her mother for her birthday?

7. Near the end of the story, it is extremely important for Miranda to go to the post office. Why?

8. What do you think will become of Miranda and her family and friends?  Continue Miranda’s journal by writing 4 journal entries that describe what you think has happened to her, her family, and her friends.

 

· What are the 3 broad composition classes of asteroids?

· Name and describe the 3 asteroid classifications.

· Who discovered the first and largest asteroid?  What is its name?

Reliable reference source: NASA Science-Solar System Exploration: Small Bodies  https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/

 
2. The Sky Is Falling: Select, research and create a natural disaster 

survival guide that would help teens like Miranda survive under 

circumstances similar to those in the novel. What would you need  to sustain yourself and your family for an extended period of time include an emergency kit checklist with supplies and communication plan?   

Reliable reference source: CDC: Natural Disasters and Severe Weather