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The winds circling it would turn the smoldering forest of northeastern Wisconsin into ______ on earth.
 
hell
 
paradise
 
heaven
 
peace
The paper's editor, was ______ by the burning of the telegraph line.
 
cut off
 
burnt
 
dismissed
 
chased
At least the smoke had greatly reduced the mosquito population had been _______ to the respectable citizens.
 
obnoxious
 
ignorant
 
open
 
frequented
By October 4, the smoke was so thick on Green Bay that ships had to use their foghorns and ______ by compass.
 
navigate
 
guess
 
drive
 
steer
0n September 30 the Marinette reported hopefully that "the fires have nearly _______ now in this vicinity."
 
died out
 
diminished
 
flared
 
increased
The fires seemed to wax and wane, _______ on the wind and chance.
 
depending
 
from
 
waiting
 
independent
The settlements in the area were becoming increasingly _______ from both the outside world and one another.
 
isolated
 
inundated
 
lonely
 
frightened
0n September 30, flames came within three miles of the town of Green Bay, _________, 1,200 cords of wood stored at a charcoal kiln.
 
consuming
 
licking
 
avoiding
 
damaging
Smoke sometimes ______ the sun, which was often visible only at midday.
 
obscured
 
exposed
 
illuminated
 
burnt
Many separate fires ______ in the humus of the forest floor.
 
smouldered
 
extinguished
 
engulfed
 
sank
Only a few years before, he had rejected a proposal for a national bank by _______ that the Constitution didn't empower the US. government to create such an institution.
 
arguing
 
demanding
 
bickering
 
registering
The Louisiana Purchase opened a new ________ in American history and closed the old one.
 
chapter
 
paragraph
 
piece
 
book
Thomas Jefferson, the American President, purchased Louisiana and brought about the _______ of control that occurred on December 20.
 
transfer
 
ownership
 
transaction
 
hand-over
In what might _______ readers today as a particularly chilling reminder of the city's previous masters, two pillories stood on Chartres Street.
 
strike
 
instill
 
inspire
 
present
As a further _______ of the territory's past governments, the Louisiana State Legislature met in the former palace of the Spanish governors,
 
reminder
 
plunder
 
reference
 
examination
French immigrants came in from Francophone ________ like San Domingue.
 
colonies
 
pasts
 
industries
 
continents
New Orleans still _________ in some forms, its odd cultural mix to this day.
 
retains
 
replaces
 
relinquishes
 
refrains
Stoddard might have been ________ by the odd cultural mix that New Orleans represented.
 
perplexed
 
humoured
 
frightened
 
interested
Captain Amos Stoddard, a New Englander became one of the _______ of the new lands.
 
governers
 
many
 
numbers
 
slave traders
Slavery was not the only _______ of life in New Orleans that would have been unfamiliar to men like Captain Amos Stoddard.
 
aspect
 
look
 
view
 
position