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Boom Town Comprehension
Contributed by: Goers
(Original author: Moore)
  • 1. Many people traveled in a _______________ during Old West times.
A) skillet
B) stagecoach
C) settle
D) landmark
  • 2. On our trip to New York, we visited the Statue of Liberty, a famous _____________.
A) boom town
B) stagecoach
C) landmark
D) skillet
  • 3. Every day, the ___________ took their tools and went off to the gold mines.
A) landmark
B) settle
C) miners
D) boom town
  • 4. In the Old West, a settlement often turned into a _____________.
A) boom town
B) stagecoach
C) skillet
D) settle
  • 5. The miners collected a pan full of gold ___________.
A) settle
B) landmark
C) nuggets
D) skillet
  • 6. Uncle Jim makes pancakes in a ____________.
A) landmark
B) settle
C) nuggets
D) skillet
  • 7. The Browns want to _________ in a place where there are good schools.
A) stagecoach
B) landmark
C) boom town
D) settle
  • 8. This selection takes place long ago in _______.
A) St. Joe
B) California
C) Oregon
D) gold fields
  • 9. Pa has brought his family out west because he thinks he'll _____.
A) make his wife happy
B) work all day without pay
C) strike it rich
D) learn to read
  • 10. Who is telling the story?
A) Pa
B) Amanda
C) Baby Betsy
D) Ma
  • 11. In the selection, the phrase "Once in a while a crow flew by" shows how _____ life was.
A) funny
B) beautiful
C) happy
D) boring
  • 12. Because Pa lives in the gold fields during the week, he ______.
A) picks apples for pies
B) makes crusts for the pies
C) helps Amanda's pie business get started
D) can't find pans for Amanda
  • 13. Ma said it was unlikely that Amanda could make pie because ______.
A) there wasn't enough flour for a pie crust
B) there were no pie pans and there was no oven
C) the boys would make fun of her
D) Amanda was poor at baking pies
  • 14. Amanda was ________ about baking pies.
A) angry
B) foolish
C) persistent
D) grateful
  • 15. 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
  • 16. Pa came home with money on Saturday night because he had _______.
A) landed another job
B) traded his horse
C) struck gold
D) sold Amanda's pie
  • 17. Many of the miners decide that ______.
A) living apart from your family is too hard
B) mining for gold is an easy way to get rich
C) it is easier to get rich doing something else
D) only young miners strike it rich
  • 18. The main purpose of this story is to show how a ______.
A) brother and sister can get along
B) town gets its start
C) little girl learns to bake
D) family strikes it rich
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