)verall Quiz A Paradise Called Texas

 What genre (type of  story)  is A Paradise Called Texas? 

• science fiction
• mystery
• graphic novel
• historical fiction

Where does the family in A Paradise Called Texas live at the beginning of the book?

• on a farm in Germany

• in the city in Germany

How many families lived in Opa's big house in Germany?

• 1

• 2

What notice (note) did the stranger put up in the schoolhouse?

• a note about the school play

• a note about going to Texas

Germany was running out of land to farm and Texas had much land to farm.

• true

• false

What can you conclude about the sentence "For only six hundred gulden the Adlesverein will provide the land and transportation" and the meaning of the word gulden?

• Gulden is how they will get there

• Gulden is how much farmland they will receive

• Gulden means money

• Gulden is the name of the ship

What is the paragraph starting with "People began talking among..." mainly about?

• How much money it will cost to move

• Herr persuading the families to move

• The friends and family that will be left behind

• The three hundred and twenty acres that each family will receive

What did Opa give Papa so he could go to Texas?

• a boat

• money

What was Uncle Christian afraid they wouldn't have money for if they gave money to Mina's family to move to Texas?

• cows
• a new wagon
• food
• more land

What is an important even that happened on page 10?

• How much money it will cost to move

• Herr persuading the families to move

• The friends and family that will be left behind

• Mina was able to say goodbye to Christine