Boom Town Comprehension
  • 1. This selection takes place long ago in _______.
A) gold fields
B) California
C) Oregon
D) St. Joe
  • 2. Pa has brought his family out west because he thinks he'll _____.
A) make his wife happy
B) learn to read
C) strike it rich
D) work all day without pay
  • 3. Who is telling the story?
A) Baby Betsy
B) Ma
C) Pa
D) Amanda
  • 4. In the selection, the phrase "Once in a while a crow flew by" shows how _____ life was.
A) beautiful
B) funny
C) happy
D) boring
  • 5. Because Pa lives in the gold fields during the week, he ______.
A) can't find pans for Amanda
B) helps Amanda's pie business get started
C) picks apples for pies
D) makes crusts for the pies
  • 6. 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) Amanda was poor at baking pies
D) there wasn't enough flour for a pie crust
  • 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) her brothers finally decided to help
C) Pa came home to encourage her
D) Ma ended up making it for her
  • 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) 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) little girl learns to bake
C) family strikes it rich
D) town gets its start
  • 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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