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Tall Tales, Fact and Fiction

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the legendary steel-driver challenged a steam hammer to a railroad spike-laying contest?

a)

John Henry

b)

Paul Bunyan

c)

Alfred Bulltop Stormalong

d)

Pecos Bill

2.

Who is the immense sailor whose ship was so big it scraped the Moon?

a)

John Henry

b)

Paul Bunyan

c)

Alfred Bulltop Stormalong

d)

Pecos Bill

3.

Who is the legendary cowboy who "tamed the wild west"?

a)

John Henry

b)

Paul Bunyan

c)

Alfred Bulltop Stormalong

d)

Pecos Bill

4.

Who is the huge lumberjack who eats 50 pancakes in one minute and dug the grand canyon with his axe?

a)

John Henry

b)

Paul Bunyan

c)

Alfred Bulltop Stormalong

d)

Pecos Bill

5.

Who is this pioneer and U.S. Congressman from Tennessee who later died at the Battle of the Alamo?

a)

Daniel Boone

b)

Casey Jones

c)

Johnny Appleseed

d)

Calamity Jane

e)

Davy Crockett

6.

Who is this friendly folk hero who traveled the West planting apple trees?

a)

Daniel Boone

b)

Casey Jones

c)

Johnny Appleseed

d)

Calamity Jane

e)

Davy Crockett

7.

Who is this who explored and settled much of what is now Kentucky, and blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap?

a)

Daniel Boone

b)

Casey Jones

c)

Johnny Appleseed

d)

Calamity Jane

e)

Davy Crockett

8.

Who is this wild West sharpshooter and performer?

a)

Daniel Boone

b)

Casey Jones

c)

Johnny Appleseed

d)

Calamity Jane

e)

Davy Crockett

9.

Who is this brave and gritty railroad engineer who saved his passengers?

a)

Daniel Boone

b)

Casey Jones

c)

Johnny Appleseed

d)

Calamity Jane

e)

Davy Crockett

10.

What was Paul Bunyan's job?

a)

lumberjack

b)

train engineer

c)

sharpshooter

d)

Wild West explorer

11.

What was Pecos Bill's job?

a)

railroad driver

b)

Sharpshooter

c)

Sailor

d)

Cowboy

12.

What was Daniel Boone's job?

a)

Engineer

b)

Cowboy

c)

Wilderness explorer

d)

Sailor

13.

What was Alfred Bulltop Stormalong's job?

a)

Sailor

b)

Wild West Explorer

c)

Sharpshooter

d)

tree-planting hobo