Blizzards
Blizzards
Blizzards
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Instructions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.
1. Why does the author tell the 3. How does a blizzard begin?
reader about the Blizzard
of 1888?
A A layer of dry, warm air
meets more warm air.
A to inform the reader about B A layer of moist, cold air
how people now know when meets more cold air.
a blizzard is coming
to inform the reader about
C A layer of dry, warm air
B meets cold air.
how snow was once removed
from cities D A layer of moist, warm
air meets cold air.
C to inform the reader that
blizzards are serious storms 4. Blizzards were more
that affect people surprising to people in the
past because .
D to inform the reader about
the exact amount of snow A it was harder to know when
that fell during the storm and where they would strike
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9. Blizzards can
happen .
A only on the East Coast
of the United States
B anywhere there is snow
C anywhere in the world
D only in cities near oceans
or lakes
10. When wind is biting,
it is .
A strong enough to blow
you over
B painfully cold
C swirling snow in the air
D settling down before the
storm comes
11. Extended Response: Why is
it unsafe to be outside during
a blizzard?
1. C Author’s Purpose
3. D Sequence Events
5. B Vocabulary
7. B Author’s Purpose
10. B Vocabulary