How Mighty Kate Stopped the Train

True or False: The following sentence is an example of an obvious exaggeration.

"Chances are y'all have seen a railroad train passing through your neck of the woods."

• True

• False

Where does this story take place?

• The American South

• South America

• Canada

• Europe

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Are the following words synonyms or antonyms:

"rock" and "boulder"

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

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How did Kate save her pappy's horse and buggy when it was stuck in a ditch?

• She and her family pulled them out together.

• She used magic to lift them from the ditch.

• She stepped in and pulled them both out with one hand.

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True or False: The following sentence is an example of an obvious exaggeration.

"She yanked each man up with one hand and ascended the vine back up to land with the other hand--no exaggeration!"

• True

• False

True or False: The following words are antonyms.

"thunderous" and "loud noise"

• True

• False

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According to the story, why do trains have whistles to give warnings along the track?

• In case there is a wind and rain storm.

• In case a passenger wants to blow the whistle.

• Because of Mighty Kate's mighty good idea.

• Because the whistles sound cool.

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What point of view is this story being told from?

• First person (uses "I" and "we").

• Second person (uses "you").

• Third person (uses "she", "her", "he", "him", "they").

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True or False:

One detail from this story that indicates that it is a tall tale is that there is a hero (Mighty Kate).

• True

• False

How did Kate stop the train?

• She yelled at the engineer to stop.

• She whistled loudly, so loudly that the engineer heard it.

• She stopped the train before it left the station.

• She stood in front of the train and stopped it with her hands.

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