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TEN MILE DAY READING

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

Ten Mile Day is an expository text, it means. . .

a)

that tells about real people and events as an explanation

b)

tells about a real person's life

c)

tells a long story that will never happen

d)

tells a humorous story.

2.

What was the purpose of the transcontinental railroad?

a)

To discovered California State.

b)

To called for thousand of volunteers

c)

To build a transportation system all across the country

d)

To build a transportation system that competes with the one in Mexico

3.

What was the amount of the bonus money offered if the men completed the challenge?

a)

$10,000

b)

$1,000

c)

$100.000

d)

$100

4.

How many times their normal wages were the men paid for volunteering to work on the 10 Mile Challenge?

a)

Ten times each normal wages.

b)

Four times each normal wages.

c)

Forty times each normal wages.

d)

Fourteen times each normal wages.

5.

Why does the foreman sing a song while the men are working one the railroad?

a)

To keep them in rhythm and doing the same thing at the same time

b)

To spend the time

c)

To learn Chinese when singing

d)

To meet the challenge

6.

Most volunteers were . . .

a)

Chinese and Irish

b)

Chinese and Japanese

c)

Japanese and Irish

d)

Irish and Canadian

7.

Dust clouds choked the air, What does it mean?

a)

The workers attached poles over their shoulders

b)

The workers were happily breathing the dust

c)

The workers had a hard time breathing.

d)

They couldn't move the rolling wheels

8.

There is a crew working alongside the railroad, What are they doing?

a)

They are writing those adventures to share

b)

They are building a telegraph wire for communication

c)

They are singing song to keep the positive attitude

d)

They are planting seeds to have a natural fence of bushes

9.

Why did the men call the six-mile point "Camp Victory"?

a)

They were confident to reach their goal of ten miles in one day.

b)

There was an old city named "Victoria"

c)

They could not believe they could have success.

d)

There was a special crew waiting for them.

10.

The author wrote "They had done the impossible again". What does it mean?

a)

The teams could not incline the curves in the mountains.

b)

The teams were not efficient.

c)

The railroad workers were mostly immigrants, surviving and finding work in America

d)

The crews had strong feelings