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More Than Gold

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who are the characters in this book?

a)

gold

b)

a family that lives in California

c)

a wagon

d)

gold

2.

What is the setting of the story?

a)

in a large city

b)

at a school

c)

in California

d)

in the south

3.

What is the problem in the story?

a)

They families cannot find gold.

b)

The families do not want to move.

c)

The family is scared.

d)

There were too many people.

4.

What is the resolution? (the ending)

a)

The family found gold.

b)

The family built a hotel for miners.

c)

The family moved back home.

d)

The miners were tired.

5.

Who are Mom and Pop in the story?

a)

the setting

b)

the miners

c)

the narrator's mom and dad

d)

the people telling the story

6.

What does Pop mean when he says he does "not want to live like that"?

a)

He does not want to stay with the miners.

b)

He does not want to live in the hotel.

c)

He does not want to be dusty and tired all the time.

d)

He does not want to live in the west.

7.

How does the family earn money to build the hotel?

a)

They find gold.

b)

They trade with the miners.

c)

They sell blankets, oxen, and their wagon.

d)

Pop gets a job.

8.

How does the family's goal change during the story?

a)

They wanted to find gold but built a hotel instead.

b)

They wanted to build a home but found gold instead.

c)

They wanted to move west but went east instead.

d)

They decide to sell everything and move home.

9.

Why is More Than Gold a good title for this story?

a)

They did not expect to find so much gold.

b)

The miners worked together to find gold.

c)

The family found oxen which helped them find gold.

d)

The family found a hotel which was more useful than gold.

10.

The family first built a __________ to stay in.

a)

hotel

b)

small shack

c)

camp

d)

wagon

11.

What does the word plains mean in the story?

a)

large, flat areas of land without trees

b)

boring

c)

simple

d)

hilly

12.

What does the word gutsy mean in the story?

a)

windy

b)

afraid

c)

tough and brave

d)

sad

13.

Which word is spelled correctly?

a)

luckey

b)

lucy

c)

luky

d)

lucky

14.

Which word is spelled correctly?

a)

sily

b)

silly

c)

sile

d)

sille

15.

Which word has a digraph?

a)

stamp

b)

chilled

c)

honks

d)

singing

16.

Which word has a bonus letter?

a)

spelled

b)

fans

c)

backed

d)

cold

17.

Which word has V-E?

a)

stat

b)

state

c)

miss

d)

posted

18.

Which word has a V-E exception?

a)

give

b)

take

c)

like

d)

made

19.

Which word has a closed syllable exception?

a)

tall

b)

think

c)

softer

d)

most

20.

Which word does NOT have y as a vowel?

a)

lazy

b)

shy

c)

silly

d)

best