Questões de Vestibular UEFS 2010 para Vestibular, Língua Portuguesa e Literatura Brasileira - Inglês

Fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False).

Scientists say that many more people died in the earthquake in Haiti than in the one in Chile because:

( ) Chile’s strong rules about building improve its population safety.
( ) Although Haiti’s building structures are solid, its population lacks education.
( ) As earthquakes are very common in Chile, its population follows the correct procedure when they occur.
( ) People in Haiti hardly had any time to get out of dangerous situations during the quake.

According to the text, the correct sequence, from top to bottom, is

When compared to Haiti’s earthquake, the quake’s build-up in Chile

The expression “death toll” (l. 12) refers to

The only alternative in which the word has totally regular plural form is

“so they did know that they have to evacuate from dangerous structures.” (l. 14-15)

The verb form did is being used in this sentence