Yippe-Yay! Comprehension - Quiz
  • 1. Dad was outside __________ the roses to help them grow.
A) market
B) corral
C) tending
D) profit
  • 2. The show horses are prancing around the _________.
A) corral
B) stray
C) profit
D) tending
  • 3. People who raise cattle for a living are called _____________.
A) market
B) corral
C) profit
D) ranchers
  • 4. Our class made a ___________ from the bake sale.
A) market
B) profit
C) tending
D) stray
  • 5. Mitch found a ___________ dog on the way to school.
A) stray
B) corral
C) market
D) profit
  • 6. My friends found some good fruit at a new ____________.
A) market
B) tending
C) ranchers
D) stray
  • 7. According to the selection, the main reason there were so few cowgirls in the Old West is because _____.
A) cowgirls did not practice finding horses
B) girls were too busy raising crops
C) the cattle were not used to being controlled by girls
D) the work was considered too harsh for girls
  • 8. From the 1860s to 1890s is considered in the Old West to be the era of _______.
A) short cattle drives to nearby railroads
B) poor and undeveloped ranches
C) the American cowboy
D) the American cowgirl
  • 9. In order to work, a cowhand had to own _______.
A) a hat
B) a saddle
C) spurs
D) a corral
  • 10. What was a cowhand's most important skill?
A) riding horses
B) busting horses
C) roping cattle
D) branding cattle
  • 11. After cowhands rounded up the cattle, the next thing they did was _______.
A) brand the herd
B) brand the calves
C) count the herd
D) lasso the calves
  • 12. Cowhands did not brand calves until after roundup because calves ______.
A) followed their mothers
B) were kept in a pen
C) would cause a stampede
D) were too wild
  • 13. Which group would wrangler, cookie, and flank rider belong to?
A) clothing that cowhands wear
B) kinds of brands
C) jobs on a trail drive
D) events at a rodeo
  • 14. The drag position was the worst job because cowboys ______.
A) had to keep the herd moving
B) worked in the dust at the back of the herd
C) had to ride longer than other cowhands
D) dragged the wagon full of food
  • 15. What was the reason for a trail drive?
A) to take the herd to a railroad station to be sold
B) to move the herd to a different place for grazing
C) to keep the cattle from losing weight
D) to keep the cattle from different ranches apart
  • 16. There are no long cattle drives today because _______.
A) there aren't enough cowhands to do the work
B) houses have been built on the trails
C) railroads are close to the ranches
D) the ranchers don't have to move their cattle
  • 17. What job do cowhands do today in a different way?
A) branding calves
B) riding horseback
C) rounding up stray cattle with vehicles
D) roping steers
  • 18. Why did the author write this book?
A) to describe a cowhand's life in the late 1800s
B) to tell how exciting it is to be a cowhand
C) to explain that few girls were cowhands in the Wild West
D) to convince people to become cowboys and cowgirls
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