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Boom Town Comprehension
Contribuido por: Moore
  • 1. This selection takes place long ago in _______.
A) St. Joe
B) gold fields
C) California
D) Oregon
  • 2. Pa has brought his family out west because he thinks he'll _____.
A) work all day without pay
B) learn to read
C) make his wife happy
D) strike it rich
  • 3. Who is telling the story?
A) Ma
B) Pa
C) Baby Betsy
D) Amanda
  • 4. In the selection, the phrase "Once in a while a crow flew by" shows how _____ life was.
A) boring
B) happy
C) beautiful
D) funny
  • 5. Because Pa lives in the gold fields during the week, he ______.
A) can't find pans for Amanda
B) makes crusts for the pies
C) picks apples for pies
D) helps Amanda's pie business get started
  • 6. 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) Amanda was poor at baking pies
D) the boys would make fun of her
  • 7. Amanda was ________ about baking pies.
A) persistent
B) foolish
C) grateful
D) angry
  • 8. The main reason Amanda was successful at baking her first pie was that ______.
A) Ma ended up making it for her
B) she learned to solver her problem a different way
C) Pa came home to encourage her
D) her brothers finally decided to help
  • 9. Pa came home with money on Saturday night because he had _______.
A) sold Amanda's pie
B) landed another job
C) struck gold
D) traded his horse
  • 10. Many of the miners decide that ______.
A) it is easier to get rich doing something else
B) living apart from your family is too hard
C) mining for gold is an easy way to get rich
D) only young miners strike it rich
  • 11. The main purpose of this story is to show how a ______.
A) little girl learns to bake
B) family strikes it rich
C) town gets its start
D) brother and sister can get along
  • 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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