Tall Tales, Fact and Fiction

Who is the legendary steel-driver challenged a steam hammer to a railroad spike-laying contest?

• John Henry

• Paul Bunyan

• Alfred Bulltop Stormalong

• Pecos Bill

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Who is the immense sailor whose ship was so big it scraped the Moon?

• John Henry

• Paul Bunyan

• Alfred Bulltop Stormalong

• Pecos Bill

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Who is the legendary cowboy who "tamed the wild west"?

• John Henry

• Paul Bunyan

• Alfred Bulltop Stormalong

• Pecos Bill

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Who is the huge lumberjack who eats 50 pancakes in one minute and dug the grand canyon with his axe?

• John Henry

• Paul Bunyan

• Alfred Bulltop Stormalong

• Pecos Bill

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Who is this pioneer and U.S. Congressman from Tennessee who later died at the Battle of the Alamo?

• Daniel Boone

• Casey Jones

• Johnny Appleseed

• Calamity Jane

• Davy Crockett

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Who is this friendly folk hero who traveled the West planting apple trees?

• Daniel Boone

• Casey Jones

• Johnny Appleseed

• Calamity Jane

• Davy Crockett

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Who is this who explored and settled much of what is now Kentucky, and blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap?

• Daniel Boone

• Casey Jones

• Johnny Appleseed

• Calamity Jane

• Davy Crockett

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Who is this wild West sharpshooter and performer?

• Daniel Boone

• Casey Jones

• Johnny Appleseed

• Calamity Jane

• Davy Crockett

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Who is this brave and gritty railroad engineer who saved his passengers?

• Daniel Boone

• Casey Jones

• Johnny Appleseed

• Calamity Jane

• Davy Crockett

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

What was Paul Bunyan's job?

• lumberjack

• train engineer

• sharpshooter

• Wild West explorer

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5