Worksheets"A Woman's View of the Gold Rush"
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Who was Mary Ballou?
A woman who mined for gold during the Gold Rush
A woman who died during the Civil War.
A woman who ran a boarding house in Northern California during the Gold Rush
What is Mary Ballou's job in the gold region?
She is an officer.
She mostly takes care of babies.
She mostly runs a boarding house and does many chores.
Which of the following is not one of Mary Ballou's daily chores?
Candle making
Doing laundry
Driving animals out of her home
To whom does Ballou write?
Her husband, Selden
Her son, Selden
Her father, Selden
What information can we infer from the fact that Mary Ballou wrote a note to her family?
She left family behind to go to California.
She was poor before she left for Californnia.
She was old and was afraid she would die before she saw her family.
What is a primary source?
Something that is written by someone who witnessed an event first hand
A letter written today about someone who existed 200 years ago
An event that is analyzed or studied and written about by someone who didn't witness the event first hand
What is one hardship Mary Ballou writes about in her letter?
the wind blowing so hard that it blows out her lights
hogs and other animals coming into her kitchen
not being able to see to do her work because there is little light in her house
all of the above answer
What is tone?
the feelings and emotions a reader experiences when reading a text
the attitude a writer displays toward his or her subject
the colors a writer includes in his or her text
Which of the words below has a positive connotation?
aroma
odor
stench
What is connotation?
The dictionary definition of a word
The emotions attached to a word
The mood of a text
