By the Great Horn Spoon Ch 8

Why did the Sea Raven move so slowly toward the end of the race?

• It was weighed down by the coal the captain had bought

• The sails on the Sea Raven could not catch any wind

• It ran out of coal

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CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

What helped the Lady Wilma win the race?

• The captain burning the lumber for fuel

• The purchase that Praiseworthy made for the captain

• The captain throwing the bricks overboard

• the wind picking up to catch the sails

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why didn't Jack and Praiseworthy take a bath at the hotel?

• The hotel ran out of water

• It cost to much for them to pay for baths

• The hotel had only one bathroom and there was a long line

• they decided they liked being dirty

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why was the miner following Praiseworthy and Jack?

• The miner liked Jack's haircut and wanted to know where he got it

• The miner wanted to sell them tickets to ride on a riverboat to the mines

• The miner was short on money and wanted to share a room with them at the hotel

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How did Jack and Praiseworthy make money giving free haircuts to miners?

• They accepted tips from them

• They saved all the hair clippings and collected the gold dust from them

• They sold the hair to pillow makers

• they charged $10 a haircut

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why couldn't Jack and Praiseworthy get their laundry done in time to take the boat to the gold mines the next day?

• there was no laundry service

• the laundry service sends the clothes to China so it would take months

• the laundry service holds the clothes for 2 weeks

• the laundry service would not help a little boy and a butler

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Who was the man with the long beard following Jack and Praiseworthy?

• Cut-Eye Higgins

• Dr. Buckbee

• Captain Swain

• Quartz Jackson

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why did Quartz Jackson want a haircut so badly?

• he was too hot with long hair

• he was supposed to get married and didn't want to look bad

• he was meeting a girl on the river

• miners could not have long hair

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

How do you get gold dust out of hair?

• put the hair in water and the gold floats

• put the hair in water and the gold sinks

• wash the hair and the gold comes out

• they used the hair as money

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

Which of these was NOT a tool used for gold mining?

• pick

• shovel

• flannel

• horn spoon

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5