3. What genre is the story Boom Town ? A. Biography D. Historical fiction C. Historical nonfiction B. Fable

4. In what state did the family settle? A. Texas C. California B. Chicago D. Oklahoma

5. All of the following would describe Amanda EXCEPT: A. Hardworking B. Unimaginative C. A good problem solver D. Determined

6. What shows that Amanda was clever? B. She is able to do her chores before sundown. before sundown. A. She was able to make a pie using a skillet. using a skillet. C. She does not stop trying when she fails the first time. she fails the first time. D. She teaches her father to bake pies. bake pies.

7. About how much time did Pa spend in the gold fields? A. a few hours C. a week B. three days D. a month Peddler

8. How was Pa able to “strike it rich” in the gold fields? B. By finding gold and selling it. A. By selling slices of Amanda’s pie. C. By selling pans. D. By cooking food. Cooper

9. How does Amanda help her town become a boom town? A. She builds the places needed in her town. her town. B. She encourages newcomers to start other businesses. start other businesses. C. She sells her pies to visitors. D. She tells her brothers to help people build. people build. Tanner

10. Why does the town need a bank at the end of the story? A. More people are moving into the town. town. D. People are making money and they need a safe place to keep it. they need a safe place to keep it. C. Some people are stealing money. B. People are finding gold in the fields and need a place to put it. fields and need a place to put it. Tailor

11. Which is NOT a business Amanda encouraged someone to open? A. peddler D. banker C. livery stable B. laundry Blacksmith

12. Choose the word that completes the sentence: The _______ delivered mail to settlers that lived out West. B. settle A. stagecoach C. boom town D. landmark Stable

13. Choose the word that completes the sentence: The oak tree on the corner serves as a _____ for finding our street. A. miners B. landmark C. nuggets D. skillet

14. Complete the analogy: sofa is to living room as ______ is to kitchen. A. wheel B. skillet C. pipe D. nuggets Stagecoach

15. Choose the word that completes the sentence: This is becoming a ______ as more people move in and open new stores. A. nuggets B. boom town C. miner D. village Schoolmarm

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