Vocabulary
Characters
Comprehension
Race
Open Ended Questions
100
What does harvest mean? a. to gather crops b. to grow crops
What is to gather crops.
100
Who is Clifford Snyder? a. tax man b. banker c. doctor d. dog sled racer
What is tax man.
100
What was the setting of this story? a. a potato farm in Alaska b. an onion farm in Michigan c. a pig farm in Wyoming d. a potato farm in Wyoming
What is d. a potato farm in Wyoming.
100
What happened to Searchlight when he got 100 feet away from the finish line? a. Searchlight ran faster. b. Searchlight fell but got right back up. c. Searchlight slowed down to a crawl. d. Searchlight's heart burst and he died.
What is d.
100
Why had Mr. Snyder come to Little Willy's house?
To collect taxes.
200
What are taxes? a. charge paid to the government b. an opening
What is a charge paid to the government.
200
Who is Doc Smith? a. Little Willy's grandmother b. Grandfather's doctor c. Little Willy's teacher d. Little Willy's dog trainer
What is Grandfather's doctor.
200
What is the main problem in the story? a. Grandfather is lazy. b. Willy asks too many questions. c. Searchlight dies. d. Willy has to find out a way to pay 500 dollars in taxes which is making Grandfather sick.
What is d.
200
During the race what did Little Willy see when he passed the farmhouse? a. He saw Doc Smith taking care of Grandfather. b. He saw Grandfather standing in his bed looking at the race and crying. c. He saw Clifford Snyder asking his Grandfather more questions. d. He saw his Grandfather still asleep in bed.
What is b. He saw Grandfather standing in his bed looking at the race and crying.
200
How did Little Willy plow the field?
He used Searchlight.
300
What is hitched? a. fasten together using a hook b. to look at closely
What is to fasten together using a hook.
300
Who is Mrs. Peacock? a. Little Willy's teacher b. Little Willy's mother c. A lady who takes care of old people in town d. Grandfather's doctor.
What is a lady who takes care of old people in town.
300
What is Willy's solution to the main problem? a. His solution is to borrow money from the bank. b. His solution is to send Grandfather to live with Mrs. Peacock until he gets better. c. His solution is the enter to dogsled race and win money. d. His solution is to move to a new state.
What is b. His solution is to enter to dogsled race and win money.
300
2. What race did Mayor Smiley want Little Willy to enter? a. The junior race b. He didn't want him to enter a race c. The potato-picking contest d. A race between just Little Willy and Stone Fox
What is a. The junior race.
300
What even was held every year in Jackson, Wyoming?
What is a dog sled race.
400
What is a scarecrow? a. a type of horse b. a pretend person used to scare away animals
What is a pretend person used to scare away animals.
400
What does Mr. Lester do? a. He is the banker b. He is the general store owner c. He is the tax man d. He is a lawyer
What is the general store owner.
400
What is the mood of the story when Grandfather is still crying after Little Willy had told him he had gotten money from all the crops? a. The mood is happy because they received all of the money. b. The mood is tense because Grandfather is mad that Little Willy did all that work by himself. c. The mood is sad because getting the money still isn't enough to pay the taxes. d. The mood is scary because Little Willy and Grandfather are scared for their lives because of Clifford Snyder.
What is c. The mood is sad because getting the money still isn't enough to pay the taxes.
400
8. Why didn't Stone Fox win the race? a. He felt sorry for Searchlight. b. He admired Little Willy's courage and determination. c. He felt bad about hitting Little Willy in the face. d. He wanted to shoot someone if they crossed the line in the snow.
What is b. He admired Little Willy's courage and determination.
500
What is a Samoyed? a. Native American tribe b. a sled dog
What is a sled dog.
500
Why does Stone Fox not talk at all?
Stone Fox does not talk to white people because he believes they took land away from his tribe.
500
The story leaves the reader believing that a. Grandfather gets better when he found out Little Willy won the race. b. Little Willy and Stone Fox became best friends. c. Little Willy got a new dog to replace Searchlight. d. Grandfather was angry at Little Willy for spending his college fund
What is a. Grandfather gets better when he found out Little Willy won the race.
500
Stone Fox is trying to buy back his land using the money he wins from the races. How is this similar to what Willy is doing? a. Stone Fox is trying to win so he can help his people while Willy is trying to win so he can help his grandfather. b. Stone Fox is trying to win to get his land back while Willy is trying to win to give his farm away. c. Stone Fox is trying to win to get money to spend on his dogs and Willy is trying to get money to spend on Searchlight. d. Stone Fox is trying to win to help his sick wife while Willy is trying to win to help his sick grandfather.
What is a. Stone Fox is trying to win so he can help his people while Willy is trying to win so he can help his grandfather.
500
What was the distance of the dog sled race?
What is 5-10 miles.
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