The Celestials' railroad HMH Bil.

The Celestials' railroad HMH Bil.

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The Celestials' railroad HMH Bil.

The Celestials' railroad HMH Bil.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

The passage in paragraph 1, explains that the transcontinental railroad system would span the continent. What does the word span mean as it is used in the passage?


El texto explica que un clavo de oro conectó la última conexión del ferrocarril que atravesaría el continente. ¿Qué significa la palabra atravesaría en esta oración?

affect


afectaria

reach


alcanzaria

cross


cruzaria

establish


estableceria

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

Who were the “Celestials”?


Quienes eran los "celestiales"?

two companies that raised money to extend the railroad and mapped the new routes


dos companias que juntaron dinero para extender el ferrocarril y hacer nuevas rutas

Chinese workers who were largely responsible for the first transcontinental railroad


Trabajadores chinos que fueron principalmente responsables de hacer el primer ferrocarril transcontinental

railroad tycoons who funded the railroad


magnates que fundaron los ferrocarriles

Charles Crocker’s office workers


Los trabajadores de oficina de Charles Crocker

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

What evidence from the passage best supports the idea that the Chinese workers were treated unfairly?


¿Qué información del texto apoya mejor la idea de que los trabajadores chinos fueron tratados injustamente?

They worked for Charles Crocker.


Trabajaron para Charles Crocker

They left their families behind in China.


Dejaron sus familias en China

They failed to strike it rich in the goldfields.


No pudieron enriquecerse en los yacimientos de oro.

They were left out of the photograph of the completed railroad.


Los dejaron fuera de la foto del ferrocarril finalizado.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

Which sentence best summarizes the passage?


¿Cuál de las siguientes oraciones resume mejor el pasaje?

Working on the transcontinental railroad was a popular job.


Trabajar en el ferrocarril transcontinental era un trabajo popular

Building the transcontinental railroad was dangerous and expensive.


Construir el ferrocarril transcontinental era peligroso y costoso.

Two companies worked together to build the transcontinental railroad.


Dos compañías trabajaron juntas para construir el ferrocarril transcontinental

Chinese workers played an important part in building the transcontinental railroad.


Los trabajadores chinos cumplieron un rol importante en la construcción del ferrocarril transcontinental.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

How is the information arranged in the passage?


¿Cómo está distribuida la información en el pasaje?

by presenting events in the order they happened


Se presentan los acontecimientos en el orden en que ocurrieron.

by presenting questions followed by answers


Se presentan las preguntas seguidas de las respuestas.

by comparing different events from the past


Se comparan los diferentes acontecimientos del pasado.

by listing steps to find an answer


Se enumeran los pasos a seguir para encontrar una respuesta.

6.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 8 pts

Match the following vocabulary words


Empareja las siguientes palabras de vocabulario.

employed


emplear

an expression of dissatisfaction or pain


expresion de descontento o de dolor

complaint


queja

the act of giving up something valued for something or someone else


algo que se hizo a costa de sufrimiento y privaciones

sacrifice


sacrificio

something heavenly


algo que se relaciona con el cielo

celestial


celestial

to hire people to do a job


contratar a alguien para hacer un trabajo

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

Once the chinse were done with the railroad how did they go back from where they originally started?


Ya cuando los chinos terminaron el ferrocarril como se regresaron a donde originalmente empezaron?

went back on wagons


se regresaron en carretas

took a boat around the U.S.


Se subieron a un barco y viajaron alrededor de los estados unidos

they rode the central pacific


se regresaron usando el central pacific

they rode the union pacific


se regresaron usando el union pacific

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