Ten Mile Day-Reading Street

Ten Mile Day-Reading Street

Story Comprehension

Multiple Choice

Why did the men call the six-mile point "Camp Victory"?

• They were confident to reach their goal of ten miles in one day.

• There was an old city named "Victoria"

• They could not believe they could have success.

• There was a special crew waiting for them.

Multiple Choice

Why does the foreman sing a song while the men are working one the railroad?

• To keep them in rhythm and doing the same thing at the same time

• To spend the time

• To learn Chinese when singing

• To meet the challenge

Multiple Choice

How many times their normal wages were the men paid for volunteering to work on the 10 Mile Challenge?

• Ten times each normal wages.

• Four times each normal wages.

• Forty times each normal wages.

• Fourteen times each normal wages.

Multiple Choice

What was the amount of the bonus money offered if the men completed the challenge?

• $10,000

• $1,000

• $100.000

• $100

Multiple Choice

The sound of the train was ______________ .

• barren

• deafening

• prying

• previous

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stunningly loud

• defeaning

• barren

• prying

• previous

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moving or forcing open; searching curiously

• prying

• previous

• lurched

• surveying

Multiple Choice

We were headed to California to try our luck ____________ gold from the earth to make our fortune.

• prying

• surverying

• previous

• barren

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coming or being before

• previous

• barren

• surveying

• prying

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Everything we could take from our past, or ______________, life back in Boston was now in our covered wagon.

• previous

• prying

• barren

• deafening

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unable to produce much or any plant life

• surveying

• barren

• lurched

• prying

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Like many immigrant families, we traveled west over miles of dry, ______________ lands.

• lurched

• previous

• barren

• deafening

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looking over or viewing

• surveying

• lurched

• prying

• deafening

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____________ the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains below us.

• prying

• previous

• barren

• surveying

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leaned or rolled suddenly

• prying

• lurched

• barren

• deafening

Multiple Choice

The wagon ______________ forward, swaying and almost throwing me out the back.

• lurched

• prying

• previous

• deafening

Multiple Choice

Owing to the lack of customers, the restaurant closed down this week. The cause is ....

• owing to

• the lack of customers

• the restaurant

• closed down

• this week

Multiple Choice

English is too difficult for me .... I got a tutor.

• as

• for

• so

• because

• due to

Multiple Choice

The yard looked nice since Mikha mowed and raked the grass.

The cause is....

• looked nice

• Mikha mowed

• since

• mowed and raked the grass

• the grass

Multiple Choice

'The girls was caught by the police because of stealing.' Which is the effect?

• caught by the police

• stealing

• the girl

• the police

• because of

Multiple Choice

The sun wet down. The possible effect is...

• we woke up early up

• many roosters crowed

• some farmers went to the field

• it got dark

• most children took a nap

Multiple Choice

... his hard work, he is now a very successful businessman.

• because

• owing to

• due to

• thanks to

Multiple Choice

He failed the test ... his bad study habits.

• because

• because of

• due to

• thanks to