Celestrail Railroad and Homesteading HMH

Get out your HMH textbook. Reread “The Celestials’ Railroad” on pages 269 - 274 and then answer each question. Be sure to keep your book out and use it to help you answer each question.

• Yes, I have reread the story. I am ready to take my quiz.

• No. I will not reread the story. Therefore, I may not do well on my quiz.

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

• affect

• reach

• cross

• establish

Who were the “Celestials”?

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

• Chinese workers who were largely responsible for the first transcontinental railroad

• railroad tycoons who funded the railroad

• Charles Crocker’s office workers

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

• They worked for Charles Crocker.

• They left their families behind in China.

• They failed to strike it rich in the goldfields

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

Which sentence best summarizes the passage?

• Working on the transcontinental railroad was a popular job.

• Building the transcontinental railroad was dangerous and expensive.

• Two companies worked together to build the transcontinental railroad.

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

How is the information arranged in the passage?

• by presenting events in the order they happened

• by presenting questions followed by answers

• by comparing different events from the past

• by listing steps to find an answer