Four Dollars and 50 Cents

From what you read in this story, you can conclude that Shorty....

• is a nice person

• pays other people as soon as he can

• is not very concerned about other people

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

How do the Circle K boys help Shorty?

• They pretend he has been eaten by a bear.

• They help Shorty run away

• They pretend he is dead

Why does Widow MaCrae take the coffin from the Circle K boys?

• She plans to use it for her restaurant

• She takes it so she can bury Shorty

• She will use it for planting flowers

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CCSS.RL.5.7

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What does Widow Macrae tell Shorty up at Boot Hill?

• She tells Shorty she loves him.

• She tells Shorty that she call the police because he hasn't paid his debt of $4.50.

• She tells Shorty she will keep an eye on him all night because she believes he is faking being dead.

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RL.2.2

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What do the outlaws do when they find Shorty's coffin at Boot Hill?

• They tried to get Shorty out

• They closed the lid right on his big nose

• They try to push it down the hill

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

Why does Shorty start yelling when the boys can't close the coffin?

• Shorty starts yelling because he hurt his foot when he was running away

• Shorty yelled because Big Nose George was going to cut his nose off when the coffin would not close

• Shorty yelled because he was mad that Widow Macrae wanted to collect her money

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CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RF.2.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

Why do the outlaws leave all the money behind?

• They thought they heard a bear in the woods.

• They were terrified because they thought Shorty was coming back to life.

• They thought the money was fake money.

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Hw does the story end?

• Shorty can't get out of the coffin.

• Shorty gets eaten by the bear.

• Shorty doesn't end up paying his debt.

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Who is telling this story?

• Widow Macrae

• Shorty

• Someone who is not in the story (a narrator)

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Why couldn't the outlaws get the coffin to shut all the way

• Shorty's nose was too big

• Shorty's feet stuck out

• The strongbox was inside

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6