Fill in the Blank Quiz

Choose the word from the box that best completes each item. Then write the word on the line provided. (You may have to change the word’s ending.) The powerful earthquake that hit the San Francisco Bay area on October 17, 1989, did __________ damage to the city, though not nearly so much as was done by the terrible earthquake and fire of 1906.

The mighty __________, which registered 7.1 on the Richter scale, shook buildings and buckled elevated highways.

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Safety officials put up __________ to keep people away from unsafe areas.

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Scientists __________ that the loss of life and property would have been far greater if the earthquake had hit during the day instead of early evening.

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Vincent van Gogh was an ambitious and __________ artist who made hundreds of paintings and drawings. He moved to southern France in 1888, and there he produced many of his masterpieces. Van Gogh died in 1890 at the age of 37.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Van Gogh __________ at the completion of each new painting but despaired that his work never sold.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

As the summer heat __________ the olives on the trees near his home, van Gogh wrote sad letters to his brother Theo.

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CCSS.L.5.5C

He __________ works of great beauty that were not appreciated until after his death. Today his paintings are in museums and are sold for millions of dollars.

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

When a power blackout darkened part of the city, some criminals roamed the streets. They broke windows and __________ neighborhood stores.

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Community leaders spoke out against this __________ violence and urged people to act responsibly during the emergency.