The following assignment is for the grade 3 students only. Please answer the following questions below, which are based on the book you have been assigned. Please review the blog regularly as I will be posting further questions on a regular bases. Assignment may be handwritten on loose-leaf or typed and printed. A reminder summer reading assignment is due on the first day of school.
Book: Blizzard! by Jim Murphy
Questions:
Chapter 1: The Unholy One
1. What was the weather like on March 10, 1888 in the northeastern united states?
2. Why did people make fun of John J. Meisinger and call him "Snow Shovel John"?
3. At the time, which government agency had the job to observe and report storm activities?
4. Describe the two storms the agency was observing?
5. What was the weather report Sergeant Long received before going home that night?
6. How did the weather change throughout The night?
7. What did the minister say to his parishioners after looking up at the sky the next morning?
Chapter 2: Just a Baby
8. Why were the sailors apprehensive as they were preparing to go sailing?
9. What finally drove the kids that were playing outside,to go home?
10. What caused the fall of icy rain and snow?
11. How low and fast did the temperature fall in the New England states?
12. What happened to James Algeo and his family as they returned home from the Bronx?
13. How was the storm affecting the boats at the pier?
14. What is hypothermia and how does it affect the body?
Chapter 3: The Land is an Ocean of Snow
15. According to the text what is the definition of a blizzard?
16. Why did the the newspapers nicknamed the storm "The Great White Hurricane"?
17. Where does the milkman William Brubachner go to load his wagon with milk? Where does he deliver milk to?
18. How did the storm affect his milk delivery schedule that morning?
19. After returning home, why did milkman William say that his horse, "had more sense than I'?
20. Although the storm kept many people at home, why were so many other people afraid to miss work on Monday morning?
Chapter 4: This Is All So Overwhelming
21. Who was Chauncey Depew and what was the one goal he wanted to accomplish?
22. How did Chauncey and his assistants decide to clear the railroad tracks of snow.
23. What was the name of the train that was stuck in the snow but closest to grand central station?
24. Which was the largest immigrant group that worked to clear the snowed in tracks?
25. Why was it so difficult to clear the snow from the railroad tracks?
26. How much were some private coaches charging for a three block trip?
27. What bridge were the police concerned about falling from the storm?
Chapter 5: I Went Magnificently Along
28. What are three different places people found shelter and safety from the blizzard?
29. Why were people unhappy with the train company?
30. What two things did the stranded train passengers have to worry about?
31. How did the storm affect the electrical wires that run above the ground in the city?
32. How many shovels did John J. Meisinger sell?
33. What obstacle did May confront in front of her building after walking eighteen blocks from work through the storm?
Chapter 6: Ruled By Wind and Snow and Ruin
34. Why were smaller apartments better in staying warm?
35. In what conditions were the buildings most poor people lived in?
36. How many homeless children did Helen Campbell believe were without shelter during the storm?
37. What did the fire in Stamford,Connecticut actually destroy?
Chapter 7: What Will My Poor Children Do?
38. Why were people surprised when they woke up on the morning of Tuesday, March 13?
39. How did the snow covered streets affect the jobs of firemen and police?
40. What were the early commuters from New York City and Brooklyn shocked to see?
41. What was happening to the supply of food in the city?
42. How did this affect the price and cost of food?
Chapter 8:
43. When did the blizzard officially end?
44. What were trains carrying, besides passengers, after the tracks were cleared of snow?
45. What happened to James Marshall's hands and feet?
46. What did professor Cleveland Abbe say was the reason they failed to predict the storm's intensity?
