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