Worksheets"John Henry and the Machine" Review Game
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
A _________ wave came up over the side of the ship.
strange
quiet
mighty
shiny
The worker used a _________ to break the cement.
fence post
car
hose
sledgehammer
The stranger said his _________ could beat John Henry through the stone wall.
horse
men
machine
hammer
The stranger ___________ about how fast and powerful his machine was.
joked
cried
whispered
boasted
The engine of the machine _________ before it stopped working.
sputtered
roared
hurried
won
Which word means "expect something to happen"?
emerge
demand
infer
anticipate
Which word means "show"?
react
impact
benefit
display
Which word means "setting or situation for a story"?
nonsense
shelter
scenario
celebration
"John Henry and the Machine" is a __________.
poem
play
news story
tall tale
Which of John Henry's talents is this story about?
his beautiful voice
his building skills
his strength
his leadership
The stranger said that his machine was more powerful than ___________.
a huge train
twenty horses
a mighty river
ten men
What did John Henry have to do in order to win the contest?
Break through the rock wall before the machine did.
Hammer more rocks to dust than the machine could.
Drill more spikes into the stone than the machine could.
Make a bigger cave in the stone wall than the machine did.
What did John Henry use to win the contest?
a drilling machine
steel spikes
a train
his hammer
