Boom Town Comprehension
  • 1. This selection takes place long ago in _______.
A) California
B) Oregon
C) gold fields
D) St. Joe
  • 2. Pa has brought his family out west because he thinks he'll _____.
A) strike it rich
B) work all day without pay
C) make his wife happy
D) learn to read
  • 3. Who is telling the story?
A) Ma
B) Baby Betsy
C) Pa
D) Amanda
  • 4. In the selection, the phrase "Once in a while a crow flew by" shows how _____ life was.
A) happy
B) funny
C) beautiful
D) boring
  • 5. Because Pa lives in the gold fields during the week, he ______.
A) makes crusts for the pies
B) helps Amanda's pie business get started
C) picks apples for pies
D) can't find pans for Amanda
  • 6. Ma said it was unlikely that Amanda could make pie because ______.
A) Amanda was poor at baking pies
B) there wasn't enough flour for a pie crust
C) the boys would make fun of her
D) there were no pie pans and there was no oven
  • 7. Amanda was ________ about baking pies.
A) angry
B) grateful
C) foolish
D) persistent
  • 8. The main reason Amanda was successful at baking her first pie was that ______.
A) her brothers finally decided to help
B) Ma ended up making it for her
C) Pa came home to encourage her
D) she learned to solver her problem a different way
  • 9. Pa came home with money on Saturday night because he had _______.
A) traded his horse
B) landed another job
C) struck gold
D) sold Amanda's pie
  • 10. Many of the miners decide that ______.
A) mining for gold is an easy way to get rich
B) living apart from your family is too hard
C) only young miners strike it rich
D) it is easier to get rich doing something else
  • 11. The main purpose of this story is to show how a ______.
A) brother and sister can get along
B) little girl learns to bake
C) town gets its start
D) family strikes it rich
  • 12. Why would Amanda and other businesses need a bank in town?
  • 13. Explain what Amanda did, other than bake pies, to turn the little settlement into a boom town.
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