VOCABULARY 1
VOCABULARY 2
COMPREHENSION 1
COMPREHENSION 2
COMPREHENSION 3
100
torn or worn-out
What is raggedy
100
squat
What is to crouch or sit with the knees bent and drawn close to the body
100
The bank of the river is dotted with hole and looks like a battlefield.
What is what happened to the environment when people mined for gold
100
Why Uncle said mean thing to Wong and tells him to stay with the Fox
What is Uncle wanted Wong to stay where it was safe
100
The Americans did this when we registered our claim
What is they laughed at us
200
to put up with
What is to endure
200
boast
What is to brag
200
They worked on this land to mine for gold.
What is a claim
200
We danced and spun around. We recited, "Spin around, turn around, luck changes."
What is to change their luck
200
Why we smoothed over the dirt floor with branched after we collected the gold dust.
What is so nobody would figure out how we were getting gold.
300
using money to buy something that will make more money
What is investment
300
burden
What is something hard to hear
300
The reason the Fox and his crew leave their claim.
What happened when a mob raided their camp
300
It was reflecting the light on the floor of the cabin.
What is gold dust.
300
The places we stopped at to get gold dust
What is abandoned claims
400
a person who comes to live in a country in which he or she was not born
What is an immigrant
400
rationed
What is to limit to fixed portions
400
The reason Uncle decided to search for gold on his own.
What is he needed more money for his family back home
400
The miners left gold dust behind when they did this.
What is let the gold dry
400
Why nobody suspected we had gold
What is we dressed raggedy and muddied up our basket
500
an opinion based on some evidence but not proved
What is a theory.
500
registered
What is to officially record
500
Why Wong decided to follow Uncle
What is Uncle had bad luck
500
Wong and Uncle go to California to strike it rich
To help their families back home in China
500
What will cause the clan in China to say, "Uncle must have luck as big as a mountain."
What is when Uncle sends a lot of money to the clan in China.
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