Unit 4 Week 5: Ezekiel Johnson Goes West

EJ Goes West

100

How does Ezekiel feel about going west?

• A.angry
• B.excited
• C.confused
• D.frightened

 

• B.excited

200

What special thing does Ezekiel take with him on the stagecoach?

• A.his tools
• B.new clothes
• C.some money
• D.a baby’s crib

• A.his tools

300

What big event happens on the stagecoach trip?

• A.The driver gets lost and Ezekiel helps him find his way.
• B.Robbers attack the coach and Ezekiel chases them off.
• C.One of the horses loses a shoe and Ezekiel makes a new one.
• D.One of the coach’s wheels breaks and Ezekiel is able to repair it.

• D.One of the coach’s wheels breaks and Ezekiel is able to repair it.

400

What does Ezekiel want to do at the end of the story?

• A.move further west to California
• B.stay in the new home he has found
• C.become a driver for the stagecoach
• D.go back to the town where he came from

• B.stay in the new home he has found

500

Which sentence best describes Ezekiel?

• A.He is easily discouraged by new things.
• B.He is ambitious and likes solving problems.
• C.He is often lonely and does not make friends easily.
• D.He is impatient and likes to keep moving to new places.

• B.He is ambitious and likes solving problems.

Vocabulary

100

The people decided to build a SETTLEMENT. What is a settlement?

• A. wagon train 

• B. railroad 

• C. ship 

• D. village

• D. village

200

It was hard for the wagons to cross the TERRAIN. What is the meaning of terrain?

• A. busy road 

• B. area of land

• C. tall buildings 

• D. body of water

B. area of land

300

The settlers purchased PROVISIONS before they left. What are provisions?

• A. insurance 

• B. land 

• C. supplies

•  D. tickets

C. supplies

400

The BANDITS hid behind large rocks. What are bandits?

• A. drivers

• B. outlaws

• C. passengers 

• D. guides

B. outlaws

500

Which phrase is a synonym for oblige in the sentence below?

Diego was happy to oblige.

• A. turn the other way

• B. request assistance 

• C. ask for payment 

• D. do a favor for someone

D. do a favor for someone

Word Study

100

something written quickly that is hard to read

• A. describe

• B. prescribe 

• C. scribble

• D. subscribe

• C. scribble

200

a room where people listen to a performance

• A. audit

• B. audition 

• C. auditorium

• D. audiocassette

C. auditorium

300

The meaning of the root spec helps a reader know that the word inspection relates to —

• A. listening to a person 

• B. looking at an object

• C. writing something

• D. making a sudden, loud noise

B. looking at an object

400

the action of breaking

• A. bankrupt 

• B. corrupt 

• C. interrupt 

• D. rupture

D. rupture

500

to cause a problem with the way something works

• A. abrupt

• B. corruption 

• C. disrupt

• D. erupted

C. disrupt

Random

100

What genre is Ezekiel Johnson Goes West?

Historical Fiction

200

What is the setting of Ezekiel Johnson Goes West?

St. Louis in 1868

300

What are inferences?

Inferences are using clues and what you already know to figure out something the author doesn't tell you directly.

400

What is the illustrator's purpose for illustrating Ezekiel Johnson Goes West?

to entertain and clarify by adding details

500

What is the author's purpose for writing Ezekiel Johnson Goes West?

to entertain with a historical fiction story about a character who achieves his goal