Black Sunday

1. At the top of pages 6 and 7 are photographs of Native Americans and American settlers in the Southern Plains. Together, these photos and their captions

• A draw attention to the difference between how the Native Americans treated the land and how the settlers treated the land.
• B explain why the settlers grew so much wheat. 
• C stress the ways in which the Native Americans and the settlers were alike.
• D show why the prairie was good for farming. 

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2. Which two sections of the article provide more details about the information in the photos and captions on pages 6 and 7?

• A “Nature in Balance” and “The Black Cloud” 
• B “Nature in Balance” and “Ripping Up the Grass” 
• C “A Hopeful Time” and “Ripping Up the Grass” 
• D “Hardships and Hope” and “The Black Cloud” 

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3. In the section “A Hopeful Time,” author Lauren Tarshis describes the Southern Plains as

• A hot and dry.  
• B wild and empty. 
• C changing but healthy.  
• D poor and struggling. 

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4. The section “Dreams Turned to Dust” explains 

• A how farmers changed their practices to avoid more dust storms.
• B why the U.S. government forced Native Americans to leave the Southern Plains.
• C how the prairie looked when Native Americans lived there
• D how and why farmers on the Southern Plains struggled during the 1930s. 

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5. Consider the first line of the newspaper articleon pages 10-11: “For days, many in Delhi havebeen living as if under siege, trying to keep thedirty air away from their children and olderparents.” This line contains a simile that 

• A compares the pollution in Delhi to dust storms. 
• B compares children and older parents. 
• C explains why the air in Delhi is toxic. 
• D compares living in polluted air to being under attack.

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6. Which idea is BEST supported by both “Black Sunday” and the newspaper article?

• A Native Americans were forced off their land. 
• B City officials should limit car travel.  
• C Human actions can have negative effects on the environment and human health.
• D People must accept a certain amount of danger to their health if they want to succeed.

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7.   The author uses description in the introduction of the article to

• a.  Show the massive destruction of the tornado
• a.  Inform the reader of the volcano about to erupt
• a.  Describe the massive dust storm that was about to hit the city
• a.  Show how wind speed can affect a dust storm

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8.    The text structure used in the section “Dreams Turned to Dust.” is 

• a.  Sequence of events because of the dates listed in order
• a.  Cause and effect because they discuss the effects of the dust storm
• a.  Problem and solution because they give the solution for stopping dust storms
• a.  Compare and contrast because they compare the dust storm to a volcano

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9.  The author uses compare and contrast in the sections “Nature in Balance” and “Ripping Up the Grass” to 

• a.  Show how the hurricane caused severe destruction
• a.  show how the landscape and environment changed after the White Settlers arrived
• a.  show the destructive force of the beetles
• a.  show how the tornado can help environments overcome droughts

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10.  What does the word flourished mean as it is used in the section “A Hopeful Times”?

• a.  To become dry 
• b   To become soaked 
• c. to diminish in size
• d. to thrive

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