Klondike Gold Rush

Klondike Gold Rush

6th Grade

13 Qs

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Klondike Gold Rush

Klondike Gold Rush

Assessment

Quiz

English

6th Grade

Easy

CCSS
RI.6.4, RI.6.2, RF.3.3B

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13 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Select the sentence that is the best summary of the third paragraph.

Many miners went in search of gold.

Each miner had to bring a year's worth of supplies to the gold fields.

Thousands of pack animals died when miners took the White Pass trail to the gold fields.

A lot of people got rich during the Klondike Rush.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

This passage could be described as

fiction.

a personal narrative.

a biography.

historical nonfiction.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Select the word that best completes the sentence.

Traveling to the gold fields was a _____ adventure.

fun

relaxing

dangerous

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Select the word that best completes the sentence.

Miners had to strap ____ on their backs and drag sleds up a mountain pass.

rocks

canoes

supplies

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which sentence is a good generalization about the number of miners who actually found gold?

Almost everyone who made it to the Yukon Territory became rich.

Only a few miners actually found gold.

Most of the miners decided to settle in Alaska or the Yukon Territory.

More than 100,000 miners found gold in the Yukon Territory.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Select the correct meaning of the underlined idiom in the sentence.

People from all walks of life went in search of gold.

many styles of walking

many different jobs, professions, and backgrounds

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Select the correct meaning of the underlined idiom in the sentence.

Many miners had a thirst for gold.

needed a drink of water

desired

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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