Boom Town Comprehension
  • 1. This selection takes place long ago in _______.
A) California
B) gold fields
C) St. Joe
D) Oregon
  • 2. Pa has brought his family out west because he thinks he'll _____.
A) learn to read
B) strike it rich
C) work all day without pay
D) make his wife happy
  • 3. Who is telling the story?
A) Amanda
B) Baby Betsy
C) Ma
D) Pa
  • 4. 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
  • 5. Because Pa lives in the gold fields during the week, he ______.
A) picks apples for pies
B) can't find pans for Amanda
C) helps Amanda's pie business get started
D) makes crusts for the pies
  • 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) persistent
B) grateful
C) foolish
D) angry
  • 8. The main reason Amanda was successful at baking her first pie was that ______.
A) she learned to solver her problem a different way
B) Pa came home to encourage her
C) Ma ended up making it for her
D) her brothers finally decided to help
  • 9. Pa came home with money on Saturday night because he had _______.
A) traded his horse
B) struck gold
C) landed another job
D) sold Amanda's pie
  • 10. Many of the miners decide that ______.
A) it is easier to get rich doing something else
B) mining for gold is an easy way to get rich
C) living apart from your family is too hard
D) only young miners strike it rich
  • 11. 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
  • 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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