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7. A reader of the article could determine that
a. the volcano caused a great number of people to immigrate to Canada

b. bad weather can result to poor crops
c. even a dormant volcano still can erupt
d. volcanoes only erupt in Indonesia

8. Which of the following is an opinion?
a. The deadliest volcanic eruption in history occurred on April 10, 1815.
b. In the United States, states as far south as Virginia got snowfall as late as

July.
c. All of the people who populated America were Europeans fleeing the affects
of the volcano.
d. These climate changes caused widespread crop failure.

9. The article was created mainly to
a. share an poinion that Mount Tambora was the worst national disaster in
history
b. persuade the reader to be prepared for another volcanic eruption in the

future
c. inform the reader about a natural disaster that had an impact on the entire
planet

d. entertain the reader with a story retired President Thomas Jefferson's failed
corn crop

10. The words long-dormant volcano describe

a. a long volcano b. an active volcano
c. an inactive volcano d. a constantly active volcano

True or False

Check “T” for true and “F” for false.

a. The deadliest volcanic eruption in history occurred T F
on April 10, 1815, from Mount Kilimanjaro.

b. The residents in the island were killed instantly. T F
c. The volcano was identified by scientists as the
T F
most destructive explosion on Earth in the past
1,000 years.

d. Winds carried away massive quantities of sulfurous T F
gases mixed with ash and dust that encircled the

Earth.

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