Short Answer: Write the correct response to each question in the space provided.

1) The Red River of the North forms the border between which two northern states?
 
 

2) Which direction does the Red River of the North flow?
 
 

3) What percentage of homes in East Grand Forks were not damaged by the flood?  What percentage of homes and businesses in Grand Forks were not damaged by the flood?
 
 
 

4) The peak flow of the Red River at Grand Forks was measured at 137,000 cubic feet per second.  How tall would a box, whose base is 10 feet by 10 feet, have to be to hold this amount of water?
 
 
 

5) The probability that a 100-year flood will occur in any given year is:
 
 

Timeline: Rank these items in order by placing a 1 in the blank of the item that occurred first, a 2 in the blank of the item that occurred second, etc.

_____ a) President Clinton visits Grand Forks.

_____ b) The Red River crests at 54.11 feet.

_____ c) Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich visits the area.

_____ d) The dikes around Lincoln Drive break, and the area is evacuated.

_____ e) Mayville State University cancels classes for the remainder of the semester, in order to house the evacuees from the flooded areas.

_____ f) Fire breaks out in the Security Building in downtown Grand Forks.

_____ g) Interstate 29 reopens between Fargo and Grand Forks.

_____ h) Elizabeth Dole, President of the Red Cross, visits Grand Forks.

_____ i) The Kennedy Bridge reopens, relinking Grand Forks and East Grand Forks.

_____ j) An anonmyous donor pledges $2,000 to every household hurt by the flood.