Boom Town Comprehension - Skyndipróf
  • 1. This selection takes place long ago in _______.
A) California
B) St. Joe
C) Oregon
D) gold fields
  • 2. Pa has brought his family out west because he thinks he'll _____.
A) strike it rich
B) learn to read
C) work all day without pay
D) make his wife happy
  • 3. Who is telling the story?
A) Ma
B) Pa
C) Amanda
D) Baby Betsy
  • 4. In the selection, the phrase "Once in a while a crow flew by" shows how _____ life was.
A) beautiful
B) happy
C) boring
D) funny
  • 5. Because Pa lives in the gold fields during the week, he ______.
A) picks apples for pies
B) makes crusts for the pies
C) helps Amanda's pie business get started
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) Amanda was poor at baking pies
C) there were no pie pans and there was no oven
D) the boys would make fun of her
  • 7. Amanda was ________ about baking pies.
A) grateful
B) persistent
C) foolish
D) angry
  • 8. The main reason Amanda was successful at baking her first pie was that ______.
A) Pa came home to encourage her
B) she learned to solver her problem a different way
C) Ma ended up making it for her
D) her brothers finally decided to help
  • 9. Pa came home with money on Saturday night because he had _______.
A) landed another job
B) sold Amanda's pie
C) traded his horse
D) struck gold
  • 10. Many of the miners decide that ______.
A) mining for gold is an easy way to get rich
B) it is easier to get rich doing something else
C) only young miners strike it rich
D) living apart from your family is too hard
  • 11. The main purpose of this story is to show how a ______.
A) family strikes it rich
B) little girl learns to bake
C) brother and sister can get along
D) town gets its start
  • 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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