Blizzard Chapter 7 - What Will My Poor Children Do? Pages 84-102

1. To remove the snow from the streets of the city __________________.
a) wagons with scrapers pushed the snow into the river
b) men had to shovel by hand
c) logs were attached to horses which scraped the snow off the roads

2. To speed up the process of snow removal Coleman told the workers to pile the snow __________________.
a) in the river
b) on the sides of the streets
c) in the alleyways

3. Young boys charged $25.00 for _______________.
a) carrying water to those with frozen pipes
b) for bringing fresh groceries to people stranded in their homes
c) clearing a stoop and a short stretch of sidewalk

4. What was one Brooklyn boy referring to when he said, "She's safe as the United States Mint!"?
a) The river between Brooklyn and New York City was frozen solid.
b) The tugboats were safe getting out in the frozen river.
c) The roads were completely clear and totally safe for horses.

5. Once the tide changed and tugboats were breaking up the ice ______________.
a) most people got off the icy river
b) no one paid attention that the ice was breaking up
c) large sheets of ice overflowed the banks of the river

6. People got onto the frozen river by ___________________.
a) sliding down the ice like it was a sliding board
b) climbing down ladders
c) jumping off piers

7. When the ice began floating out to sea with men still on it __________________.
a) many were lost, never to be seen again
b) tugboats were able to rescue the men
c) many slipped into the icy water and drowned

8. On Tuesday many bodies were found, amazingly ____________ had survived the night in the snow.
a) Sara Wilson, the attractive young women with the pretty red feather in her hat
b) the elderly man with the bean pole
c) the young boys, Legrand and Gurdon Chapell

9. The blizzard caused _________________.
a) the price of food and coal to rise
b) everyone to be stingy
c) fighting in the streets

10. P.M. Wilson ______________.
a) gave canned goods to his neighbors
b) passed out milk to the children
c) gave free coal to poor families



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