What do the photos with captions add to the selection?

• They provide more information about ghost towns and settlers.
• They show readers where ghost towns are located.
• They show how quickly the towns were built.
• They make the readers aware of methods of transportation.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A sentence in the selection says, "These communities boomed as miners sought gold, silver, copper, or other precious minerals but died out when all of the ore was panned from streams or blasted from rocky tunnels."  What does boomed mean?

• failed
• grew quickly
• slowed
• made loud noises

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which happened first?

• Men settled on Sutter's land without paying for it.
• James Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill.
• People rushed to California to search for gold.
• Sam Brannon told people in San Francisco about finding gold.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

What happened to most of the towns if the railroad did not run close by?

• Artists and writers moved in
• They became farm communities.
• People carried the buildings to the railroad.
• They became ghost towns.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which of the following is a statement of opinion?

• In cowboy towns, cattle were driven to other towns, then shipped to markets in the East.
• However, the town lasted only a few months, at least at that site.
• Few very respectable-looking women have ventured over to see us.
• The waves of western migration reached a peak between 1860 and 1880.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which detail best supports the main idea of the selection?

• An air of mystery surrounds the ghost towns of the American West.
• People most often think of ghost towns as the settlements of the western frontier.
• The frontier would never have become settled without women and children
• Ghost towns are almost impossible to find because they are in remote areas.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Why did most towns fail?

• They were not built well.
• Famous people did not settle in them.
• Moneymaking sources ran out.
• There was not enough food.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

According to the selection, how were Phoenix and Denver alike?

• They both had their own newspaper.
• They both began as mining camps.
• They both grew and survived.
• They both had a bank and a telegraph office.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the most likely reason the author wrote the selection?

• to teach readers how busy towns could quickly die.
• to convince readers to learn about the American West.
• to entertain readers with exciting tales of the Old West.
• to make readers feel sorry for the people who failed.

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

What is the selection mostly about?

• the Gold Rush of 1849
• the history of Phoenix and Denver
• western towns that didn't survive
• the famous cattle drives in the west

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2