CHC-Halifax Explosion

The Mont-Blanc was dangerous because it carried _____.

• troops

• food

• explosives

• tanks

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What did the captain and crew of the Mont-Blanc do after the ship caught fire?

• left the ship

• fought the fire

• hid below deck

• set off fire alarms

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

Which line below supports the answer to question 2 that said they left the ship?

• “Mackey knew there was nothing he could do.”

• “Several boats raced toward the Mont-Blanc, hoping to help.”

• “Mackey waved and shouted, trying to alert the other ships in the harbor to the danger.”

• “Mackey and the Mont-Blanc crew piled into lifeboats and rowed furiously toward shore.”

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RF.5.4C

Which line from the article supports your answer to the last question (that he was terrified)?

• “Where were his friends?”

• “Thirteen-year-old Noble Driscoll woke up in a pile of rubble.”

• “. . . Noble was afraid he might be the last person alive.”

• “Just minutes before, it had been an ordinary day in Halifax and Dartmouth . . .”

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What does hulking mean in the sentence “As the Imo reversed, the metal of the two hulking ships scraped together”?

• burning

• racing

• huge

• helpess

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

You can tell that today people in Halifax still feel _____ about the explosion.

• angry

• confused

• scared

• sad

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

“The Great Halifax Explosion” is mainly about . . .

• life in Halifax during World War I.

• Noble Driscoll’s family.

• the 1917 explosion of the Imo.

• the 1917 explosion of the Mont-Blanc.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What happened in Dartmouth and Halifax after the blast?

• A tsunami hit the towns.

• An earthquake killed many people

• A windstorm destroyed the town.

• A rainstorm ruined many homes.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.3.5