Call of the Klondike

What were some of the ways the people carried their gold?

• Cars, trains and airplanes.

• Blankets, oil cans and moccasins.

• Money bags, purses and wallets.

True or False: People left their jobs to search for gold.

• True

• False

Why did people gather at the Tammany dance hall?

• To get their boogie on.

• They heard about the expedition.

• It was free entry night.

What does crude mean?

• with impurities or unwanted elements having been removed by processing.

• extremely amusing.

• in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.4

What was the narrators fear for the newcomers in the Klondike?

• They will be scammed by the "old timers".

• They will be killed on their journey to the Klondike.

• They will be missed dearly by their families.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

True or False: The narrator of "Game of Claim Selling" seemed inexperienced in gold mining.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

Select the answer with the correct sequence of events.

• 1.Men and women are up to their necks in snow.

  2.The narrator still has no idea why they staked claims so suddenly.

  3.The narrator leads the stampede six miles up the Yukon.

  4.The narrator wonders if he is still dreaming.

• 1.The narrator leads the stampede six miles up the Yukon.

  2.Men and women are up to their necks in snow.

  3.The narrator wonders if he is still dreaming.

  4.The narrator still has no idea why they staked claims so suddenly.

• 1.The narrator wonders if he is still dreaming.

  2.Men and women are up to their necks in snow.

  3.The narrator leads the stampede six miles up the Yukon.

  4.The narrator still has no idea why they staked claims so suddenly.

Tags

CCSS.W.7.3A

Select the answer with the correct sequence of events.

• 1.A group of miners return to San Francisco on the S.S. Excelsior with large quantities of gold.

  2.Sixty-eight miners return on the S.S. Portland with large sacks of precious metals.

  3.The mayor of Seattle quits his job to join the gold rush.

  4.Men crowd on the next boat destined for the Klondike region of northern Canada.

• 1.The mayor of Seattle quits his job to join the gold rush.

  2.Men crowd on the next boat destined for the Klondike region of northern Canada.

  3.A group of miners return to San Francisco on the S.S. Excelsior with large quantities of gold.

  4.Sixty-eight miners return on the S.S. Portland with large sacks of precious metals.

• 1..The mayor of Seattle quits his job to join the gold rush.

  2.Sixty-eight miners return on the S.S. Portland with large sacks of precious metals.

  3..Men crowd on the next boat destined for the Klondike region of northern Canada.

  4.A group of miners return to San Francisco on the S.S. Excelsior with large quantities of gold.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.W.7.3A