"First Day of Work" Unit 7 Transcontinental RR

What point of view is "First Day of Work" told from?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• What is point of view

Which word(s) indicate what point of view the story is told? Pick all the correct answers.

• We

• I

• My

• I've

• cousin

Which words proved context clues for the meaning of transcontinental?

• We're going to help

• construct

• railway that will connect this country from coast to coast

• We don't know what type of work we will be doing

Which words provide context clues for the meaning of grueling?

• supper

• judging

• men

• looked exhausted

Which context clues provide meaning to the word incentive?

• I don't know

• they will pay us even more

• I like

• If we finish

Which words provides a context clue to the meaning of tycoons?

• richest men in the world

• he must be

• Central Pacific Railroad

• Keron

What is the central idea of "First Day of Work?"

• The Chinese people made the transcontinental railroad possible.

• The explosions were so loud that many of the workers lost their hearing.

• The tycoons are the richest men in the whole world.

• A man and his cousin describe their first day of work on the transcontinental railroad.

Which two sentences belong in a summary of the text?

• We're going to help build the transcontinental railroad that will connect this country from coast to coast

• Most of the workers are Chinese

• The dust and smoke fill the air.

• We don't know what type of work we'll be doing, but we know we'll work long hours in every type of weather

• Taej'Zon is the fastest kid in the 4th grade.