Ten Mile Day ** Comprehension

Page 148: The Union Pacific Team began building west of ____________________

• KC

• Omaha

• Sacramento

• China

Page 148: Which team started in California and was building East?

• Central Pacific

• Union Pacific

• Nebraska Pacific

• Pacific Ocean

How many miles were the Central Pacific workers going to try and build in 1 day? (hint: remember the name of the story!)

• 14

• 7

• 5.5

• 10

Page 149: What is a hogger?

• cook

• engineer

• driver

• steel welder

Page 150: Many of the workers were from what country?

• Japan

• Australia

• China

• Cuba

Page 151: How heavy were the 30 foot rails?

• 100 oz

• 560 pounds

• 1,176 kilograms

• 234.432 pounds

Page 152: What was the job of the fishplate men?

• tighten nuts on the bolts

• hammer in spikes

• bring water to the workers

• carry the railroad wooden ties

Page 152: What was the job of the gandy dancers?

• align the rails to the ties

• tighten the bolts

• reload the horse carts

• drop off the spikes before lunch

Page 153: How did they keep the track level?

• Shovel dirt on top of ties

• Shovel dirt under the ties

• Shovel dirt on top of the rails

• Put cement around it

Page 154: According to the story, how many feet of iron got laid in one minute & 20 seconds?

• 235

• 601

• 114

• 240