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