Blizzard Chapter 6 - Ruled by Wind and Snow and Ruin Pages 71-83

1. Russell said the tenement buildings were ___________________ when they were new and clean.
a) wonderful and luxurious
b) extremely nice
c) a tolerable place to house horses
d) warm and cozy

2. The families living in the tenement buildings _____________________.
a) stocked food items in the dry attic
b) bought food on the day it was to be used
c) kept perishable food items in the cellar

3. Helen Campbell, a charity worker, estimated that approximately _____________ children were homeless without shelter during the blizzard.
a) 15,000
b) 1,500
c) 150

4. Ships must face the 50 to 70 foot waves ____________________.
a) head on
b) sideways

5. Firemen, policemen, and ______________ went to work that Blizzard Monday.
a) shop workers
b) newspaper editors and reporters
c) engineers

6. One Vermont paper, the Bellows Falls Times, story read, "No paths, no streets, no sidewalks, no light, no roads, no guests, no calls, no teams, no hacks, no trains, no moon, no meat, no milk, no paper, no mails, no news, no thing -- but______________.
a) snow
b) cold
c) winter

7. At 10:00 PM the storm did the unexpected, by__________.
a) picking up speed and moving north
b) turning east and heading out to sea
c) turning around and heading back for a second shot



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1. (c)
2. (b)
3. (a)
4. (a)
5. (b)
6. (a)
7. (c)