The Saga of Pecos Bill

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English
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3rd Grade
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Anna Liebel
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sentence best tells how the beginning of the play helps the reader understand the rest of the play?
It tells how big the state of Texas is.
It tells what made Pecos Bill an unusual child.
It tells why people used to move West a long time ago.
It tells how Ma and Pa kept forgetting their children’s names.
Tags
CCSS.RL.3.5
CCSS.RL.3.10
CCSS.RL.4.10
CCSS.RL.4.5
CCSS.RL.4.7
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Ma and Pa could not afford a teddy bear. What does the word afford mean?
sell
make
find
pay for
Tags
CCSS.RL.3.4
CCSS.RI.3.4
CCSS.RI.2.4
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why is Cowboy 1 surprised when he first sees Pecos Bill drinking water at the river?
Pecos Bill is acting like a coyote.
Pecos Bill is fighting a grizzly bear.
Pecos Bill is riding a mountain lion.
Pecos Bill is making a lasso out of a snake.
Tags
CCSS.RL.3.10
CCSS.RL.3.6
CCSS.RL.4.10
CCSS.RL.4.6
CCSS.RL.2.10
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How does Pecos Bill help the cowboys?
He ends a drought.
He watches their cows.
He gets rid of the trees.
He protects them from animals
Tags
CCSS.RL.3.4
CCSS.RL.3.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.4.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why is Pecos Bill’s fight with the tornado important?
It explains why cowboys carry a rope.
It tells how Pecos Bill became a cowboy.
It tells how big tornadoes used to become.
It explains why there are wide open spaces across Texas.
Tags
CCSS.RL.4.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
All of the following are characters in the story EXCEPT:
Pecos Bill
Narrator 1
Ma
Cowboy 3
Tags
CCSS.RL.1.6
CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
7.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word:
Something that is ______________ is real and exactly what it appears to be.
Tags
CCSS.RI.3.4
CCSS.RL.3.4
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RI.2.4
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