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Call of the Klondike Form C

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did the Klondike Gold Rush begin?

a)

July 1996

b)

July 1976

c)

July 1936

d)

July 1897

2.

Within six months, there were about ____________________ gold-seekers.

a)

10

b)

10,000

c)

100,000

d)

1,000,000

3.

The Klondike is in ____________________.

a)

Northwestern Canada

b)

Seattle

c)

Alaska

d)

San Francisco

4.

What did the miners call the excitement of the Gold Rush?

a)

The Gold Rush

b)

Gold Fever

c)

Gold Mine

d)

Grub Stake

5.

The Northwest Mounted Police required prospectors to have _______________.

a)

a year's worth of food and supplies

b)

sled dogs

c)

only men miners

d)

only women miners

6.

Who actually struck it rich?

a)

merchants and profiteers

b)

blacksmiths

c)

stampeders

d)

gold seekers

7.

Why did people go to the Klondike Gold Rush?

a)

because they wanted to visit CA

b)

because they thought it was a cool place

c)

because they couldn't make a living

d)

because they wanted to go camping

8.

If you do something in a crude way you______________________.

a)

do it in a unique way

b)

copy off someone to do it

c)

do it in an unskilled way

d)

do it in a new way

9.

To stake a claim you must _________________________________.

a)

put 4 stakes in the ground around the area, one with your name and date

b)

register the claim with government office within three days

c)

notify your state senator

d)

both A and B

10.

Who left their jobs to strike it rich in the Klondike?

a)

TRP administrators

b)

firemen, doctors, lawyers, ministers, mayors

c)

teachers

d)

comedians

11.

What did the miners call the excitement of the Gold Rush?

a)

Tenderfoot

b)

Grub stake

c)

Gold Rush

d)

Gold Fever

12.

Most miners found __________________ when they reached Dawson City, Canada.

a)

disappointment

b)

happiness

c)

gold

d)

wealth

13.

What type of text is the Call of the Klondike?

a)

Informational text

b)

Fictional Text

c)

How-To text

d)

Persuasive Text

14.

The Call of the Klondike uses two structural devices within the excerpt. They are _______________ and ______________________.

a)

sequential / cause and effect

b)

sequential / compare and contrast

c)

sequential / problem and solution

15.

The letters in the R.A.C. E. writing strategy acronym stand for __________________________________________________

a)

recognize the question, ask a question, cringe over the answer, explain the evidence

b)

reiterate the question, annotate the question, compare the evidence, explain the evidence

c)

restate the question, answer the question (all parts), cite the evidence, explain the evidence