Yippe-Yay! Comprehension
  • 1. Dad was outside __________ the roses to help them grow.
A) tending
B) corral
C) market
D) profit
  • 2. The show horses are prancing around the _________.
A) corral
B) profit
C) tending
D) stray
  • 3. People who raise cattle for a living are called _____________.
A) profit
B) corral
C) ranchers
D) market
  • 4. Our class made a ___________ from the bake sale.
A) market
B) tending
C) stray
D) profit
  • 5. Mitch found a ___________ dog on the way to school.
A) corral
B) market
C) stray
D) profit
  • 6. My friends found some good fruit at a new ____________.
A) ranchers
B) tending
C) market
D) stray
  • 7. According to the selection, the main reason there were so few cowgirls in the Old West is because _____.
A) girls were too busy raising crops
B) cowgirls did not practice finding horses
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 cowgirl
D) the American cowboy
  • 9. In order to work, a cowhand had to own _______.
A) spurs
B) a hat
C) a corral
D) a saddle
  • 10. What was a cowhand's most important skill?
A) roping cattle
B) branding cattle
C) riding horses
D) busting horses
  • 11. After cowhands rounded up the cattle, the next thing they did was _______.
A) count the herd
B) lasso the calves
C) brand the herd
D) brand the calves
  • 12. Cowhands did not brand calves until after roundup because calves ______.
A) would cause a stampede
B) were kept in a pen
C) were too wild
D) followed their mothers
  • 13. Which group would wrangler, cookie, and flank rider belong to?
A) events at a rodeo
B) jobs on a trail drive
C) clothing that cowhands wear
D) kinds of brands
  • 14. The drag position was the worst job because cowboys ______.
A) had to ride longer than other cowhands
B) had to keep the herd moving
C) worked in the dust at the back of the herd
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) houses have been built on the trails
B) the ranchers don't have to move their cattle
C) there aren't enough cowhands to do the work
D) railroads are close to the ranches
  • 17. What job do cowhands do today in a different way?
A) riding horseback
B) roping steers
C) branding calves
D) rounding up stray cattle with vehicles
  • 18. Why did the author write this book?
A) to describe a cowhand's life in the late 1800s
B) to explain that few girls were cowhands in the Wild West
C) to convince people to become cowboys and cowgirls
D) to tell how exciting it is to be a cowhand
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