Literary Texts Practice - Part II

Which line from the poem suggests that people in covered wagons experienced the conditions of the land?

• We're going as far

• Mountains of froth and foam

• Their biscuits were tough

• They knew the ruts and rocks

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

Why does the poet organize the poem the way she does?

• To explain why people travel in planes

• To detail the changes in travel throughout history

• To show how travel today differs from travel in the past

• To highlight the reasons people traveled in covered wagons

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Why does the poet include stanzas 3 and 4 (the bolded stanzas)?

• To suggest that travel by wagon had both advantages and disadvantages

• To explain why pioneers wanted to cross the prairie by wagon

• To describe what a covered wagon could carry

• To prove that traveling by wagon was more fun than air travel

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

What does the poet suggest about pioneers?

• They had to rely on strangers to help them

• They carried only a few necessities

• They had to grown their own food

• They travel mostly at night

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

Why does the poet include the pilot’s statement in stanza 1?

• To tell the passengers where they are going

• To describe how the pioneers traveled

• To explain the disadvantages of covered wagons

• To give passengers an idea of how fast modern air travel is

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5