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Black Sunday
Black Sunday
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Reading Comprehension and Review
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1
How many miles wide was the dust storm?
10 miles wide
275 miles wide
100 miles wide
200 miles wide
2
What year did Black Sunday happen?
1999
2016
1955
1935
3
How did people protect themselves from dust storms?
dust masks and goggles
shovels and rakes
helmets
cattle
4
What was the second crisis that hit (1932)?
floods
drought
war
tornados
5
During Black Sunday, what was swept up into the sky?
garbage
dust
settlers
water
6
Will Catherine always remember Black Sunday?
no
yes
7
What does indestructible mean?
easily destroyed
black
soft
impossible to destroy
8
What is the bright side to Black Sunday?
it made the government fix the plains
people were no longer working
the Great Depression ended
Native Americans reclaimed the land
9
Black Sunday is an article about what?
a sand storm
a tornado
a dust storm
a hurricane
10
The Southern Plains were once covered by millions and millions of acres of what?
roses
dust
prairie grasses
cattle
11
Why did farmers come to the Southern Plaines?
They wanted a new adventure.
The U.S. Government wanted people to leave New York.
The land had gold.
The U.S. Government offered free or cheap land.
12
How was the dust storm different from events like tornadoes and hurricanes?
caused by climate change
more deadly
caused by humans
caused by cattle
13
Why did the settlers remove the prairie grass?
to make a school
to build roads
to make farms
to make an airport
14
Between 1910 and 1930 the farms on the plains flourished.
true
false
15
What does the word scarce mean?
a dangerous situatution
indestructible
hard to find
healthy
16
Prairie grasses could withstand pounding hooves, fires, frozen winters, and bone-dry years.
true
false
17
Which state was not impacted by the dust storm?
Colorado
California
Oklahoma
Kansas
18
In 1930 America faced which crisis?
tornados
floods
the Great Depression
a terrorist attack
19
Why does Catherine still remember Black Sunday?
it involved the military
it was a really big deal
it wasn't a big event
her husband was lost during Black Sunday
20
Catherine lived in which state?
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Colorado
21
The natural world of the Southern Plains was _____ .
harsh
moderate
always frozen
always hot
22
Catherine Hattrup was sure the world was coming to an end.
True
False
23
What does churning mean?
moving forward
stirring
calmness
stillness
24
The farmers planted which crop?
apples
corn
wheat
coffee
