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- 1. Multiple Choice
What caused a snowstorm in Vermont in June 1816?
a volcanic eruption
heavy rainfall
droughts
wildfires
- 2. Multiple Choice
What means the same as spewing in the sentence “The volcano exploded with great fury, spewing out great towers of fire”?
lighting
holding down
spitting
swallowing
- 3. Multiple Choice
How did the eruption of Mount Tambora affect the world’s climate?
Its volcanic cloud blocked some of the sun’s rays.
Its lava flow reached many parts of the Earth.
Its ash fell down in other places like snow.
Its heat made the rest of the world hotter.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which phrase below best supports the answer to question 3?
Its volcanic cloud blocked some of the sun’s rays
“. . . a wave of flames and gases swept down the mountain . . .”
“Snow destroyed thousands of other East Coast farms . . .”
“Ash and lava ruined the island’s soil and poisoned its rivers . . .”
“. . . the cloud blocked out some of the sun’s heat and light.”
- 5. Multiple Choice
How did the eruption of Mount Tambora affect John Hoisington’s family?
It forced them to sell their crops.
It caused them to starve.
It destroyed their home.
It led them to move.
- 6. Multiple Choice
One main idea of “The Volcano That Changed the World” is that natural disasters can be ______ to climate changes.
separate
connected
harmless
deadly
- 7. Multiple Choice
What happened in Sumbawa, Indonesia, as
a result of Mount Tambora’s eruption?
Thousands of people died.
Many people moved away.
People stole food from warehouses.
Extreme weather like snowstorms occurred.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Scientists in 1816 did not understand that
volcanic eruptions can ______.
cause destruction
affect the world’s climate
create ash
result in death
- 9. Multiple Choice
What does migrations mean in the sentence
“It was one of the biggest migrations in
U.S. history”?
volcanic activities
destructions of crops
series of natural disasters
movements of people from one place to another
- 10. Multiple Choice
The eruption instantly killed at least _________ people living near Mount Tambora.
12,000
1,200
120
12
- 11. Multiple Choice
The eruption of Tambora in 1815 was the deadliest and most powerful volcanic eruption in human history.
True
False
- 12. Multiple Choice
The eruption of Tambora happened in ____________.
79 A.D.
1815
1980
1991
- 13. Multiple Choice
"The first eruption shook the island." In this sentence eruption means...
a sudden explosion
the usual weather in a place
long spells of very dry weather
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