Blizzard Chapter 7 - What Will My Poor Children Do? Pages 84-102
Quiz
To remove the snow from the streets of the city __________________.
- wagons with scrapers pushed the snow into the river
- men had to shovel by hand
- logs were attached to horses which scraped the snow off the roads
To speed up the process of snow removal Coleman told the workers to pile the snow __________________.
- in the river
- on the sides of the streets
- in the alleyways
Young boys charged $25.00 for _______________.
- carrying water to those with frozen pipes
- for bringing fresh groceries to people stranded in their homes
- clearing a stoop and a short stretch of sidewalk
What was one Brooklyn boy referring to when he said, "She's safe as the United States Mint!"?
- The river between Brooklyn and New York City was frozen solid.
- The tugboats were safe getting out in the frozen river.
- The roads were completely clear and totally safe for horses.
Once the tide changed and tugboats were breaking up the ice ______________.
- most people got off the icy river
- no one paid attention that the ice was breaking up
- large sheets of ice overflowed the banks of the river
People got onto the frozen river by ___________________.
- sliding down the ice like it was a sliding board
- climbing down ladders
- jumping off piers
When the ice began floating out to sea with men still on it __________________.
- many were lost, never to be seen again
- tugboats were able to rescue the men
- many slipped into the icy water and drowned
On Tuesday many bodies were found, amazingly ____________ had survived the night in the snow.
- Sara Wilson, the attractive young women with the pretty red feather in her hat
- the elderly man with the bean pole
- the young boys, Legrand and Gurdon Chapell
The blizzard caused _________________.
- the price of food and coal to rise
- everyone to be stingy
- fighting in the streets
P.M. Wilson ______________.
- gave canned goods to his neighbors
- passed out milk to the children
- gave free coal to poor families