ELA- REVIEW-John Sutter's Gold Fever

Question #6- Passage 2

Which phrase from Passage 2 best shows the narrator’s point of view? RI.2.6

• “...driven a herd of cattle...” par. 10

• “easier way of making a living..”par. 14

• “...charmed with the wild new country...” par. 9

• “...none of us had ever seen natural gold before..” par. 14

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Question #7

This is worded a bit different than the paper copy, but is still the same answer.

Choose the correct statements that provide a summary of

Passage #1. RI 1.2

• First, the idea of blue jeans is a result of the gold

  rush. Then, the forty niners come to California looking for

  gold. Next, the idea of blue jeans is a result of the gold rush. After, They spend time panning for gold. Finally, Other businesses set up in the mining towns because the men need supplies.

• First, the idea of blue jeans is a result of the gold

  rush. Then, they live in tents and mine with shovels and picks. Next, they spend time panning for gold. Finally, the forty niners come to California looking for gold.

• First, the forty niners come to California looking for

  gold. Then, they live in tents and mine with shovels and picks. After, other businesses set up in the mining towns because the men need supplies. Finally, the idea of blue jeans is a result of the gold rush.

• First, the forty niners come to California looking for

  gold. Next, they spend time panning for gold. Then, they live in tents and mine with shovels and picks. After, other businesses set up in the mining towns because the men need supplies. Finally, the idea of blue jeans is a result of the gold

  rush.

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.3.9

Question #8

How does the Narrator in Passage 2 help the reader understand the “forty niners?”

RL.2.6

• by describing what was happening to the men as they journeyed West

• by stating how the families were feeling as their men decided to go West

• by stating opinions of how the miners were getting ready to their journey West

• by stating opinions of how the miners were getting ready to their journey West

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

Question #9

Which of the following explains why the gold mining industry disappeared?

RI.1.3

• All the gold was quickly discovered.

• Families had to return East for money.

• Mining camps could not stay in business.

• People could not keep secrets about the discovered gold.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Question #10

Which detail shows the relationship between the gold and many of the forty-niners?

RI.1.3

• “The miners put gravel and water into a pan and then shook the pan back and forth.” (Passage 1, par. 4)

• “They were able to sell items at very high prices and the miners were willing to pay.” (Passage 1, par. 6)

• “About in October 1847, I went with several young fellows up the Sacramento River to Sutter’s Fort” (Passage 2, par.9)

• “We went to bed at the usual hour that night, and were so little excited about the discovery that neither of us lost a moment’s sleep over the stupendous wealth that lay all about us” (Passage 2, par. 15)

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.6.9