CASE: How the West Got Wild

What is the theme of the passage?

• Tough problems can lead people to have successful new ideas.

• Hard work and patience will be rewarded eventually.

• Kind words and actions can have a powerful impact on others.

• Unexpected fortune can change people’s lives completely

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Which quotation from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

• “But if there was one thing that Chummy and Sandra Bee knew for certain, it was that the sorts of adults who said things never happened were often quite wrong.” (paragraph 21)

• “Pops was eating at the kitchen table when they rushed in. He took one look at the rock and dropped half a corn muffin right out of his mouth. ‘Is that what I think it is?’” (paragraph 23)

• “The sleepy days of Ruby were over, then. New families moved in. New children joined the school, new games were invented, new toys were swapped for old ones. Business boomed at Pops’s general store.” (paragraph 25)

• “The attention was nice for a while, but the siblings were pretty glad when it faded. They didn’t much care for adults pinching their cheeks, anyway. They preferred to grab their swimsuits and their skipping rocks and go hollering off into the sunset.” (paragraph 26)

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How do paragraphs 2-6 contribute to the overall structure of the passage?

• They introduce the problem the main characters face.

• They illustrate how the problem is solved.

• They show how the main characters view one another.

• They give an early clue about future events.

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How did Chummy and Sandra Bee show that their teacher was wrong about finding gold?

• Chummy and Sandra Bee showed that gold could be found in small amounts and not just the large amounts found before.

• Chummy and Sandra Bee showed that it was an important event to find gold.

• Chummy and Sandra Bee showed that gold could be found in places other than frontier towns with cowboys and miners.

• Chummy and Sandra Bee showed that it was easy and thrilling to find gold.

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What can the reader infer about Chummy and Sandra Bee based on their actions in the passage?

• Chummy and Sandra Bee were bored living in their small town.

• Chummy and Sandra Bee preferred skipping rocks to splashing in the swimming hole.

• Chummy and Sandra Bee liked to compete against each other to be the best.

• Chummy and Sandra Bee were concerned about the success of their family’s business.

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What does the word legendary mean as it is used in paragraph 14?

• famous

• positive

• powerful

• useful

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Which phrase from paragraph 14 best supports the answer to Part A?

• “…rock-skipping abilities…”

• “…sent her stones flying…”

• “She was known for…”

• “…into the water…”

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How does the third-person point of view influence how events are described?

• It helps the reader understand the appreciation that Chummy and Sandra Bee’s parents felt when their store was saved.

• It helps the reader understand Chummy and Sandra Bee’s thoughts and feelings about growing up in a gold rush town.

• It helps the reader understand the excitement the people in the town felt after Chummy and Sandra Bee’s discovery of gold.

• It helps the reader understand Chummy and Sandra Bee’s actions and words as they made an important discovery in their town.

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Which two quotations support the inference that Chummy and Sandra Bee’s discovery improved the townspeople’s opinion of them?

• “They remember how Mama scrubbed their faces and took them to a town meeting, where Pops explained to everyone that they were ‘sitting on a nest egg,’ whatever that meant, and that they should all work together and share generously.” (paragraph 24)

• “They remember how Lavender Rodeo, the cowboy’s wife, smiled at them for the first time ever—and how Sandra Bee almost stuck out her tongue in response, but reined herself in at the last minute.” (paragraph 24)

• “New children joined the school, new games were invented, new toys were swapped for old ones.” (paragraph 25)

• “And the other parents stopped calling Chummy and Sandra Bee ‘wild’ and ‘rambunctious’ and started calling them ‘plucky’ and ‘clever.’” (paragraph 26)

• “They preferred to grab their swimsuits and their skipping rocks and go hollering off into the sunset.” (paragraph 26)

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How are Chummy and Sandra Bee similar?

• They both use big words they learned at school.

• They both are skilled at skipping rocks.

• They both love to play outdoors with one another.

• They both can ride a unicycle.

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