If something is elegant, it is
a) very large.
b) imaginary.
c) very colorful.
d) of high quality.
d) of high quality.
Why were the miners called Forty-Niners?
a) They went to California in 1849.
b) There were forty-nine of them.
c) It cost forty-nine dollars to get to California.
d) It took forty-nine days to get to California.
a) They went to California in 1849.
In which sentence is the verb underlined?
a) Angela learned to skate on the pond.
b) Now she takes ice skating lessons.
c) Soon she will skate in an ice show
d) none of the above
a) Angela learned to skate on the pond.
Sutter was afraid that word of the gold could distract the men. In this sentence, distract means
a) help them do their jobs better.
b) make the men ill.
c) focus their attention on their jobs.
d) draw their attention away from their jobs.
d) draw their attention away from their jobs.
Where was the gold near San Fransisco first discovered?
a) in a field
b) in a river
c) in a well
d) in a canyon
a) in a field
What is the correct way to begin a paragraph?
a) with an adjective
b) with a verb
c) with an indent
d) none of the above.
c) with an indent
Which word contains the Latin root meaning "to do"?
a) natural
b) active
c) formula
d) biology
b) active
How is gold similar to iron pyrite?
a) Both flatten when hit with a hammer.
b) Both weigh about the same.
c) both are glittering yellow rocks.
d) Both become dim if dabbed with acid.
c) both are glittering yellow rocks.
In which sentence is the subject in bold?
a) Paula's aunt knits mittens.
b) The first mittens were too big.
c) She gave those to her older sister.
d) none of the above
d) none of the above
What happened soon after President Polk made a speech that mentioned the gold in California?
Many people left their homes to look for gold in California.
How did most easterners get to California?
They went by boat around South America.
The president spoke of the abundance of gold in California. An abundance is ___________.
a large amount.
Which way to get to California turned out to be a failure at the time?
Going by air.
In which sentence is the adjective used correctly?
a) It is the more busier street.
b) It is the busiest street.
c) It is the most busiest street.
d) None of the above.
b) It is the busiest street.
Why did the miners think their troubles were over when they got to California?
They had survived the journey and thought that they would become rich.
Name two things that killed many people who were going to California by land?
Many people died from cholera or due to accidents with guns.
There were plenty of rumors about gold in California. Rumors are _______.
Stories without proof
Why do you think the author wrote this story?
To inform about the gold rush that happened as part of our American history.
What is the best way to combine these sentences?
Debbie's dog is brown. Debbie's dog is big.
Debbie's dog is big and brown.
How did the gold rush change the United States?
Do you think you would have been lured to California by the dream of gold? Why, or why not?