Boom Town Comprehension
  • 1. This selection takes place long ago in _______.
A) St. Joe
B) gold fields
C) California
D) Oregon
  • 2. Pa has brought his family out west because he thinks he'll _____.
A) strike it rich
B) make his wife happy
C) learn to read
D) work all day without pay
  • 3. Who is telling the story?
A) Baby Betsy
B) Pa
C) Amanda
D) Ma
  • 4. In the selection, the phrase "Once in a while a crow flew by" shows how _____ life was.
A) happy
B) beautiful
C) boring
D) funny
  • 5. Because Pa lives in the gold fields during the week, he ______.
A) makes crusts for the pies
B) helps Amanda's pie business get started
C) picks apples for pies
D) can't find pans for Amanda
  • 6. Ma said it was unlikely that Amanda could make pie because ______.
A) there wasn't enough flour for a pie crust
B) there were no pie pans and there was no oven
C) Amanda was poor at baking pies
D) the boys would make fun of her
  • 7. Amanda was ________ about baking pies.
A) persistent
B) grateful
C) foolish
D) angry
  • 8. The main reason Amanda was successful at baking her first pie was that ______.
A) Ma ended up making it for her
B) her brothers finally decided to help
C) Pa came home to encourage her
D) she learned to solver her problem a different way
  • 9. Pa came home with money on Saturday night because he had _______.
A) landed another job
B) traded his horse
C) sold Amanda's pie
D) struck gold
  • 10. Many of the miners decide that ______.
A) mining for gold is an easy way to get rich
B) only young miners strike it rich
C) living apart from your family is too hard
D) it is easier to get rich doing something else
  • 11. The main purpose of this story is to show how a ______.
A) little girl learns to bake
B) town gets its start
C) brother and sister can get along
D) family strikes it rich
  • 12. Why would Amanda and other businesses need a bank in town?
  • 13. Explain what Amanda did, other than bake pies, to turn the little settlement into a boom town.
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