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7. You can conclude that
a. there will never be another big earthquake in San Francisco again

b. there have been other natural disasters in U.S. history
c. there will never be a bigger earthquake than the one in San Francisco in
1906
d. earthquakes normally happen in the morning

8. Which of the following is an opinion?
a. San Francisco was dubbed the “gateway to the Pacific.”
b. The fire lasted for four days and nights.
c. The earthquake and the fire destroyed over 80% of the city.

d. The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 is the worst natural disaster in U.S.
history.

9. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?

a. to describe the cause of the fires that occurred after the earthquake
b. to describe the magnitude of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906
c. to describe the destruction caused by the fires that broke out after the

earthquake
d. to describe the long term effects of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906

10. In the passage the words broke out mean

a. escaped
b. prepared for use
c. began abruptly
d. took out of storage

True or False

Check “T” for true and “F” for false.

1. At the time of the earthquake San Francisco had T F

been the 9th largest city in the U.S.
2. The earthquake could not be felt in Nevada. T F

3. The fire destroyed over 500 blocks of downtown
T F
San Francisco.

4. The magnitude of the earthquakes power is thought T F
to be a 7.8 on the Richter scale.

5. No natural gas mains were broken by the T F
earthquake.

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