Riding the Rails

Quiz
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English
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3rd Grade
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Hard
+33
Standards-aligned
Margaret Anderson
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
The genre for Riding the Rails West is
realistic fiction
biography
expository text
folktale
Tags
CCSS.RL.1.10
CCSS.RL.2.2
CCSS.RL.3.2
CCSS.RL.K.5
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Why did the people want an east to west railroad?
President Lincoln agreed that a railroad should be built
people wanted a safer more comfortable way to travel
people wanted a quicker way to move goods
a network of railroads connected towns and cities
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.9
CCSS.RI.2.9
CCSS.RI.4.8
CCSS.RI.5.8
CCSS.RL.4.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Before building a railroad, how did pioneers travel west?
car
covered wagon
airplane
bicycle
Tags
CCSS.RI.3.2
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
CCSS.RL.3.2
CCSS.RL.4.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Which American President approved the railroad to be built?
President Kennedy
President Clinton
President Washington
President Lincoln
Tags
CCSS.RI.3.2
CCSS.RI.4.2
CCSS.RL.3.1
CCSS.RL.3.2
CCSS.RL.4.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Which state was the point at which the east and west railroads were joined?
California
Utah
Arizona
Texas
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.7
CCSS.RI.3.7
CCSS.RI.4.7
CCSS.RL.2.7
CCSS.RL.3.7
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
From which country did most of the railroad workers originate?
Russia
Mexico
China
Canada
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
The author writes, "The population boomed in the western states." What does boomed mean in that sentence?
make a loud, deep, resonant sound
enjoy a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.4
CCSS.RI.3.4
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.RL.3.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
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