The Dust Bowl
Authored by Sarah Green
English
5th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
April 14, 1935, became known as "Black Sunday." This is probably because . . .
there were many deaths that day, and people wore black to the funerals.
Catherine was in a dark mood that day.
a huge dust storm turned the sky black.
a dust storm surprisingly happened at night.
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CCSS.RI.5.1
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RI.4.1
CCSS.RL.4.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Which line from the story supports the answer to question 1?
“Catherine’s home was a happy one.”
“But hard times were just ahead, and few people on the plains would be spared.”
“It turned the day black.”
“It is unknown if any people died because of the storm.”
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CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RI.5.1
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RF.4.4C
CCSS.RF.5.4C
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
The author says that all through the spring of 1932, "the sky stayed blue." Why was this a problem?
Kids wouldn’t come inside for dinner.
Kids skipped school to play outside.
People got tired of sunny weather.
Since it didn’t rain, soil dried up and blew into the air.
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CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RI.4.8
CCSS.RI.5.8
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RL.4.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
During the Great Depression, Catherine’s family was luckier than many because they . . .
had food.
moved to California.
had a lot of money.
lived in Kansas.
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CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Why did farmers remove the prairie grasses from the Southern Plains?
They wanted to eat the grasses.
They wanted to plant crops.
The grasses caused dust storms.
The grasses could be burned to heat homes.
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CCSS.RI.3.3
CCSS.RI.4.3
CCSS.RI.5.3
CCSS.RI.6.3
CCSS.RI.7.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Which line from the article supports the answer to question 5?
“To lure white settlers to the area, they offered free or very cheap land.”
“The new settlers arrived by the thousands.”
“But before they could plant crops, settlers had to get rid of the prairie grass.”
“Suddenly, the rain simply stopped.”
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CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RI.4.2
CCSS.RI.5.2
CCSS.RI.6.2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
On the map on page 7, which state is NOT in the area that had the greatest damage from the Dust Bowl?
Arizona
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
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CCSS.RI.5.7
CCSS.RI.6.7
CCSS.RL.4.7
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.7
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