The Great Depression 1
The Great Depression 2
The Great Depression 3
The Dog Didn't Eat My Homework
Idioms
100
What is the main idea of the text?
What is The Great Depression
100
According to the text, what caused people to start selling off their stocks?
What was a large number of stocks from top American companies all got sold off at the same time.
100
Why do you think the author compared the stock market to an auction?
What was an auction people usually bid more for what you are selling. In the stock market, people were doing the opposite.
100
Why do you think the new kid told Cody about the tree in his backyard?
What was he wanted to be friends
100
I don't always see eye to eye with Jim.
What is agree
200
According to the text, what was The Great Depression?
What was a time of suffering and financial hardship.
200
How do you think investors felt when they were forced to sell their stocks for less than they paid?
What was disappointed; frustrated; panicked
200
What is the meaning of the word products in the text?
What is items that are sold.
200
Determine the meaning of he word derived in the story.
What is dug
200
Are you having second thoughts about getting a pet?
What is doubts
300
Based on the text, what is commonly viewed as the start of The Great Depression?
What was The Stock Market crash
300
What caused Americans to withdraw their money from the banks?
What was investors could lose their fortunes and fear they would lose their money, too.
300
Why was it not good when the prices of products dropped?
What is employees lose pay at their jobs.
300
What is Cody's problem in the story?
What is he can't find his report
300
Liz is the type of friend who stays with you through thick and thin.
What is good times and bad times
400
Determine the meaning of the word fortunes in the text.
What is large amounts of money; riches?
400
Why do think the author chose to include a photograph with the text?
What was show how sad and poor many Americans were at that time.
400
Based on the text, what were the things President Herbert Hoover was blamed for?
What was poverty, unemployment, hunger and homelessness
400
Cody felt a lump in his throat build. What does this sentence from the text tell you?
What is he thinks he may have left his report on the bus.
400
Karen's mother baked her birthday cake from scratch.
What is to start from the beginning without shortcuts
500
At this time in America, what was the problem from most Americans?
What is they were losing their jobs and their savings? And, they didn't have enough money.
500
According to the text, why couldn't the banks return everyone's money?
What was banks don't keep people's money like a safe. They invest it and loan it out.
500
According the the text, who helped end The Great Depression?
Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt
500
According to Cody, whose fault was it if he had left his report on the bus?
What is the new kid's fault
500
The party is a secret, so don't let the cat out of the bag.
What is don't tell anyone the secret - don't give the surprise away.
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