Unit 5 Week 2 Reading Questions Rollets for their Moxie

Unit 5 Week 2 Reading Questions Rollets for their Moxie

Multiple Choice

1. What problem were the Rollets facing?

• The brother wanted to be a lumberjack.

• The girls wanted to be in a play.

• The dad couldn’t find a job.

• The mom needed to make costumes.

Multiple Select

2. How did the Rollet family adapt to the hard times? Choose all that apply.

• Ruth fidgeted in her seat.

• Ricky went to Wyoming to earn money being a lumberjack.

• Ruth began dancing in line and Shirley sang an upbeat tune.

• Dad stayed where he was, sullen and spent.

• Dad proudly shouted, “those are my girls!”

Multiple Choice

3. Read the sentence below.

Sometimes, the thing that gets you through hard times comes like a bolt from the blue.

What does the idiom “bolt from the blue” mean?

• happily

• beautifully

• secretly

• unexpectedly

Multiple Choice

4. (Part A) When they say the Rollets got their Moxie back, what does that mean?

• The girls kept a positive attitude.

• Mom liked cooking meatloaf.

• Ricky was sending letters home.

• Dad sat at the table.

Multiple Choice

(Part B)

Which sentence below best supports your answer in part A?

• For dinner, Mom served a baked loaf of where ingredients she had.

• Most everyone in line was bundled up against the cold.

• “They’ve got heart,” offered another, “Whey, they oughta be in pictures!”

• Ricky was helping to build new facilities for a new state park.

Multiple Select

6. What two sentences best compare/contrast the two settings in the story: Wyoming and New York City?

• The air smelled like meatloaf and cabbage.

• The reddish color showed she had snuck in beets.

• Breathing in the smell of evergreens.

• Everyone burst in applause.