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WorksheetsTall Tales, Fact and Fiction
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Who is the legendary steel-driver challenged a steam hammer to a railroad spike-laying contest?
John Henry
Paul Bunyan
Alfred Bulltop Stormalong
Pecos Bill
Who is the immense sailor whose ship was so big it scraped the Moon?
John Henry
Paul Bunyan
Alfred Bulltop Stormalong
Pecos Bill
Who is the legendary cowboy who "tamed the wild west"?
John Henry
Paul Bunyan
Alfred Bulltop Stormalong
Pecos Bill
Who is the huge lumberjack who eats 50 pancakes in one minute and dug the grand canyon with his axe?
John Henry
Paul Bunyan
Alfred Bulltop Stormalong
Pecos Bill
Who is this pioneer and U.S. Congressman from Tennessee who later died at the Battle of the Alamo?
Daniel Boone
Casey Jones
Johnny Appleseed
Calamity Jane
Davy Crockett
Who is this friendly folk hero who traveled the West planting apple trees?
Daniel Boone
Casey Jones
Johnny Appleseed
Calamity Jane
Davy Crockett
Who is this who explored and settled much of what is now Kentucky, and blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap?
Daniel Boone
Casey Jones
Johnny Appleseed
Calamity Jane
Davy Crockett
Who is this wild West sharpshooter and performer?
Daniel Boone
Casey Jones
Johnny Appleseed
Calamity Jane
Davy Crockett
Who is this brave and gritty railroad engineer who saved his passengers?
Daniel Boone
Casey Jones
Johnny Appleseed
Calamity Jane
Davy Crockett
What was Paul Bunyan's job?
lumberjack
train engineer
sharpshooter
Wild West explorer
What was Pecos Bill's job?
railroad driver
Sharpshooter
Sailor
Cowboy
What was Daniel Boone's job?
Engineer
Cowboy
Wilderness explorer
Sailor
What was Alfred Bulltop Stormalong's job?
Sailor
Wild West Explorer
Sharpshooter
tree-planting hobo
