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