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Boom Town Comprehension
Contributed by: Goers
(Original author: Moore)
  • 1. Many people traveled in a _______________ during Old West times.
A) stagecoach
B) skillet
C) settle
D) landmark
  • 2. On our trip to New York, we visited the Statue of Liberty, a famous _____________.
A) skillet
B) landmark
C) stagecoach
D) boom town
  • 3. Every day, the ___________ took their tools and went off to the gold mines.
A) settle
B) landmark
C) boom town
D) miners
  • 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) skillet
D) nuggets
  • 6. Uncle Jim makes pancakes in a ____________.
A) settle
B) landmark
C) skillet
D) nuggets
  • 7. The Browns want to _________ in a place where there are good schools.
A) stagecoach
B) settle
C) landmark
D) boom town
  • 8. This selection takes place long ago in _______.
A) California
B) St. Joe
C) gold fields
D) Oregon
  • 9. Pa has brought his family out west because he thinks he'll _____.
A) strike it rich
B) learn to read
C) work all day without pay
D) make his wife happy
  • 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) happy
B) funny
C) beautiful
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) can't find pans for Amanda
D) helps Amanda's pie business get started
  • 13. Ma said it was unlikely that Amanda could make pie because ______.
A) the boys would make fun of her
B) there were no pie pans and there was no oven
C) there wasn't enough flour for a pie crust
D) Amanda was poor at baking pies
  • 14. Amanda was ________ about baking pies.
A) persistent
B) foolish
C) grateful
D) angry
  • 15. The main reason Amanda was successful at baking her first pie was that ______.
A) her brothers finally decided to help
B) she learned to solver her problem a different way
C) Pa came home to encourage her
D) Ma ended up making it for her
  • 16. Pa came home with money on Saturday night because he had _______.
A) sold Amanda's pie
B) struck gold
C) traded his horse
D) landed another job
  • 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) only young miners strike it rich
D) it is easier to get rich doing something else
  • 18. The main purpose of this story is to show how a ______.
A) family strikes it rich
B) brother and sister can get along
C) little girl learns to bake
D) town gets its start
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