WorksheetsTen Mile Day
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 17mins
Moving from one country to another
lurched
barren
immigration
allegiance
leaned or rolled suddenly
adversity
lurched
barren
previous
unable to produce much or any plant life
barren
deafening
emblem
prying
stunningly loud
adversity
surveying
deafening
barren
moving or forcing open; searching too curiously
adversity
prying
lurched
deafening
looking over or viewing
surveying
allegiance
lurched
prying
coming or being before
adversity
deafening
lurched
previous
What caused the workers to whoop and holler at lunchtime?
They were grateful it was time to rest and eat.
They heard good news.
They wanted to continue working.
They realized they were behind schedule
Which was an effect caused by the Central Pacific workers laying ten miles of
track in one day?
Union Pacific president Thomas Durant won a lot of money
The Central Pacific workers beat the Union Pacific workers.
The transcontinental railroad was completed sooner than expected
There was a shortage of rails, fishplates, spikes, nuts, and bolts.
What can you infer about the Central Pacific workers at the end of the ten-mile day?
They were disappointed with the final results
They vowed to never work for a railroad again
They disputed the Union Pacific’s measurement
They were proud of what they had accomplished
Why did the men call the six-mile point "Camp Victory"?
They were confident to reach their goal of ten miles in one day.
There was an old city named "Victoria"
They could not believe they could have success.
There was a special crew waiting for them.
Why does the foreman sing a song while the men are working one the railroad?
To keep them in rhythm and doing the same thing at the same time
To spend the time
To learn Chinese when singing
To meet the challenge
How many times their normal wages were the men paid for volunteering to work on the 10 Mile Challenge?
Ten times each normal wages.
Four times each normal wages.
Forty times each normal wages.
Fourteen times each normal wages.
What was the amount of the bonus money offered if the men completed the challenge?
$10,000
$1,000
$100.000
$100
The sound of the train was ______________ .
barren
deafening
prying
previous
We were headed to California to try our luck ____________ gold from the earth to make our fortune.
prying
surverying
previous
barren
Everything we could take from our past, or ______________, life back in Boston was now in our covered wagon.
previous
prying
barren
deafening
Like many immigrant families, we traveled west over miles of dry, ______________ lands.
lurched
previous
barren
deafening
____________ the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains below us.
prying
previous
barren
surveying
The wagon ______________ forward, swaying and almost throwing me out the back.
lurched
prying
previous
deafening
How many miles were the Central Pacific workers going to try and build in 1 day? (hint: remember the name of the story!)
14
7
5.5
10
What was the purpose of the transcontinental railroad?
To discovered California State.
To called for thousand of volunteers
To build a transportation system all across the country
To build a transportation system that competes with the one in Mexico
Most volunteers were . . .
Chinese and Irish
Chinese and Japanese
Japanese and Irish
Irish and Canadian
Dust clouds choked the air, What does it mean?
The workers attached poles over their shoulders
The workers were happily breathing the dust
The workers had a hard time breathing.
They couldn't move the rolling wheels
There is a crew working alongside the railroad, What are they doing?
They are writing those adventures to share
They are building a telegraph wire for communication
They are singing song to keep the positive attitude
They are planting seeds to have a natural fence of bushes
The author wrote "They had done the impossible again". What does it mean?
The teams could not incline the curves in the mountains.
The teams were not efficient.
The railroad workers were mostly immigrants, surviving and finding work in America
The crews had strong feelings
