Bummer and Lazarus

Part A: Why were Bummer and Lazarus known so well?

• They came in ships with people looking for gold.

• San Francisco was just a tiny village, so everyone knew them.

• A popular song was written about them.

• Stories about them were in the newspapers.

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Part B: Which sentence from the selection best supports your answer for Part A? (Stories about them were in the newspapers.)

• But the small village quickly grew into a city of more than 50,000 people.

• Bummer’s neighborhood was filled with newspaper offices and reporters.

• Then gold was discovered nearby.

• When people came to find gold, they often brought dogs with them.

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Why did some people wonder if Bummer and Lazarus were real?

• Most of the people who came looking for gold didn’t find it.

• The people in San Francisco made up a lot of stories.

• There were no newspapers in the 1860s.

• The stories about them were hard to believe.

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Which heading from the story describes how the dogs met?

• Bummer Becomes Famous

• Special Treatment

• More Stories

• Two Dogs Remembered

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In the selection, the two dogs are compared to

• a Newfoundland mix.

• Damon and Pythias.

• a single bark.

• newspaper reporters.

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How is the phrase “made the rounds” used in the selection?

• It explains how so many stray dogs ended up in San Francisco.

• It was a phrase used by newspaper reporters.

• It refers to Lazarus walking around the city with Bummer.

• It means the two dogs ran around the runaway horse.

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Why did people feed Bummer?

• He found gold.

• He was a very good rat catcher.

• He rescued a baby.

• He caught a bank robber.

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How were Bummer and Lazarus different when it came to sharing?

• Bummer always ate first before he shared with Lazarus.

• Lazarus always ate first before he shared with Bummer.

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Explain what “unfriendly strays” are in this sentence: At night, Bummer would protect the smaller dog from the cold and from unfriendly strays.

• Dogs who are mean

• Dogs with no friends

• Dogs who are cold

• Dogs with no food

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What example of the dogs misbehaving appears in the selection?

• Bummer ate Lazarus's food.

• Bummer and Lazarus destroyed the store they were locked in.

• Lazarus stole gold.

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