Blizzard Chapter 8 - It is Only a Snowstorm Pages 103-124

1. The Blizzard ended _______________, after four days.
a) on Wednesday
b) on Thursday
c) on Friday

2. Why did men hurry out to the pier on Wednesday?
a) The high waters were pushing many ships out to sea.
b) Captains were anxious to make up the money they had lost during the storm.
c) Salvage laws stated the craft and its contents belonged to the first person to take possession of it.

3. Many people used _____________.
a) humor to show they had not been defeated by the blizzard
b) steam to remove the snow from their sidewalks
c) fires to melt the snow

4. What happened to James Marshall, the man who crossed the river Monday night in his rowboat?
a) He died.
b) He had to have both his hands and feet amputated.
c) He survived and was just fine.

5. Other large blizzards include the "schoolchildren's storm" in Nebraska and the Dakota Territory and ____________________.
a) the Farmers' Storm of 1950 in the Plains States
b) the Superstorm of 1993 in the Eastern United States
c) the Sudden Storm of 1936 in California

6. The Blizzard of 1888 is different from other blizzards in that ____________________.
a) winds blew harder
b) more snow fell
c) it was recorded in great detail by many newspapers

7. One good that came from the blizzard was ______________.
a) all companies put their wires underground
b) snow removal teams were put in place
c) the bird population was thinned out

8. Alfred Ely Beach's 1849 dream of ________________ was set in motion.
a) a group of immigrants to clean roads during snowstorms was placed on call
b) a citywide firefighting team
c) an underground railway system

9. In 1891 the control of the Signal Corps was taken away from the army and given to ______________.
a) the Air Force
b) private citizens
c) the Department of Agriculture

10. Today weather forecasting for the following day has an accuracy rate of _____ percent.
a) 95
b) 80
c) 65

11. The United States Weather Bureau __________________.
a) is open everyday except the Sabbath
b) stays open 24 hours a day 7 days a week



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