The Ninth Nugget

How do the kids suspect Thumbs lost his thumb?

• chopping wood

• panning for gold

• slammed it into a horse stall

• a bear attack

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What did the author compare the size of Josh's gold nugget to?

• a baseball

• a potato

• a golf ball

• an onion

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Where did Josh keep his gold nugget?

• in his suitcase

• under his pillow

• in a safe at the ranch

• in his sock

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CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

Who did the kids FIRST suspect took the gold nugget?

• Fiona

• Ed

• Thumbs

• Pa

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Who actually stole the gold nugget?

• Ed

• Fiona

• Thumbs

• Jud

True or False:

The kids went to Officer Fallon to help them solve the mystery.

• True

• False

The setting of this story is?

• Green Lawn

• A horse ranch in Montana

• A school field trip to a farm

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What does it mean when Josh "muttered" under his breath?

• to speak about a mutt

• to speak in a low tone or mumble

• to speak out loudly

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which of these activities did the kids NOT do while at the Ranch?

• pan for gold

• ride horses

• have a campfire

• feed the goats

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Why does the mama bear keep returning to the ranch?

• to eat Lulu's cooking

• to find her baby bear

• the bear doesn't return

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5