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Yippe-Yay! Comprehension
Contributed by: Goers
(Original author: Moore)
  • 1. Dad was outside __________ the roses to help them grow.
A) profit
B) tending
C) corral
D) market
  • 2. The show horses are prancing around the _________.
A) profit
B) corral
C) stray
D) tending
  • 3. People who raise cattle for a living are called _____________.
A) corral
B) ranchers
C) profit
D) market
  • 4. Our class made a ___________ from the bake sale.
A) stray
B) profit
C) tending
D) market
  • 5. Mitch found a ___________ dog on the way to school.
A) corral
B) market
C) profit
D) stray
  • 6. My friends found some good fruit at a new ____________.
A) tending
B) ranchers
C) market
D) stray
  • 7. According to the selection, the main reason there were so few cowgirls in the Old West is because _____.
A) the work was considered too harsh for girls
B) the cattle were not used to being controlled by girls
C) girls were too busy raising crops
D) cowgirls did not practice finding horses
  • 8. From the 1860s to 1890s is considered in the Old West to be the era of _______.
A) poor and undeveloped ranches
B) the American cowboy
C) the American cowgirl
D) short cattle drives to nearby railroads
  • 9. In order to work, a cowhand had to own _______.
A) a hat
B) a corral
C) spurs
D) a saddle
  • 10. What was a cowhand's most important skill?
A) busting horses
B) roping cattle
C) branding cattle
D) riding horses
  • 11. After cowhands rounded up the cattle, the next thing they did was _______.
A) lasso the calves
B) brand the calves
C) brand the herd
D) count the herd
  • 12. Cowhands did not brand calves until after roundup because calves ______.
A) would cause a stampede
B) were kept in a pen
C) followed their mothers
D) were too wild
  • 13. Which group would wrangler, cookie, and flank rider belong to?
A) clothing that cowhands wear
B) jobs on a trail drive
C) kinds of brands
D) events at a rodeo
  • 14. The drag position was the worst job because cowboys ______.
A) worked in the dust at the back of the herd
B) had to keep the herd moving
C) dragged the wagon full of food
D) had to ride longer than other cowhands
  • 15. What was the reason for a trail drive?
A) to keep the cattle from losing weight
B) to move the herd to a different place for grazing
C) to keep the cattle from different ranches apart
D) to take the herd to a railroad station to be sold
  • 16. There are no long cattle drives today because _______.
A) houses have been built on the trails
B) the ranchers don't have to move their cattle
C) railroads are close to the ranches
D) there aren't enough cowhands to do the work
  • 17. What job do cowhands do today in a different way?
A) roping steers
B) rounding up stray cattle with vehicles
C) branding calves
D) riding horseback
  • 18. Why did the author write this book?
A) to convince people to become cowboys and cowgirls
B) to describe a cowhand's life in the late 1800s
C) to tell how exciting it is to be a cowhand
D) to explain that few girls were cowhands in the Wild West
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