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  • What happens to both Jason and Chelsea during their summer vacation?

    Both learn a useful skill.
    Both achieve a difficult goal.
    Both break a long-standing record.
    Both suffer a brief disappointment.


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  • What might the gold cup have represented for Jason before the fishing contest?

    fabulous wealth
    personal achievement
    his friendship with Chelsea
    his memories of summer vacation


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  • With which statement would the author of this story most likely agree?

    Jason should ask Chelsea to give him fishing lessons.
    Jason should fish for fun rather than trying to win contests.
    Jason should be proud of himself for having a good attitude.
    Jason should be grateful that Chelsea still wants to be his friend.


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  • If this story were told from Chelsea’s point of view, which title would be best?

    “Summertime Blues”
    “Last Chance to Win”
    “An Accidental Victory”
    “The One That Got Away”


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  • Read this sentence from the passage. When the whistle blew for the contest to start, we cast our lines into the water. Which sentence below uses the word cast with the same meaning as in the sentence from the passage?

    The archaeologist made a plaster cast of the dinosaur footprint.
    As the players took a bow, the audience cast flowers upon the stage.
    The cast of characters on the television show was all young people.
    Although he registered to vote, he failed to cast a ballot on election day.


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  • Which word best describes Chelsea after she won the contest?

    boastful
    confident
    embarrassed
    grateful


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  • Jason’s stomach tightens when Chelsea lifts her fish onto the pier because he realizes that

    he will not win the gold cup.
    he will have to congratulate her.
    she has been practicing without him.
    she has not followed the contest’s rules.


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  • What is the best evidence that Jason is a good friend to Chelsea?

    He runs to meet her by the shore.
    He teaches her to cast a fishing line.
    He tells her about his plans for the summer.
    He smiles after the judges weigh her winning fish.


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  • What was the most important result of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad line?

    People in many cities celebrated.
    The railroad line united the country.
    An ordinary valley became a famous landmark.
    Two different railroad companies worked together.


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  • Read these sentences from the article. It was like a circus in the wilderness. The sounds of brass bands, speeches, and laughter filled the air as about a thousand spectators milled around in the desert. The author compares celebrating the completion of the first transcontinental railroad line to a circus because the celebration

    is noisy and festive.
    is silly and amusing.
    happens in many places.
    takes place out of doors.


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  • What is the main idea of this article?

    The transcontinental railroad line took six years to complete.
    The transcontinental railroad line made transportation easier.
    The completion of the transcontinental railroad line was very difficult.
    The completion of the transcontinental railroad line was a great event.


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  • When Leland Stanford struck the iron rail with the mallet, how did the message get all around the country

    Newspapers covering the event spread the message to many major cities.
    The crowd at Promontory Summit carried the message back home with them.
    The completed transcontinental railroad line allowed trains to carry the message.
    Telegraph wires attached to the mallet alerted a telegraph operator to send the message.


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  • The information in this article could best be used for a student research project about

    living in the West.
    the history of transportation.
    the construction of train engines.
    maintaining a nationwide telegraph system.


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  • Read these sentences from the article. The spikes of precious metal were dropped into holes in the laurelwood tie and symbolically tapped into place. Then they were removed, and a regular tie and iron spike were made ready. These sentences mean that the “spikes of precious metal” were

    put in freely.
    put in for show.
    put in carelessly.
    put in for strength.


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  • What was the author’s purpose in writing this article?

    to discuss transportation in the 1860s
    to describe the celebration of a historical event
    to explain the reasons that people might move to the West
    to demonstrate the importance of companies working together


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  • Why did the two engines, Jupiter and Number 119, have to back up after they had pulled forward to meet on the last rails?

    The crowds were standing on the track and creating a danger.
    The cowcatchers were too big and almost became stuck together.
    The engines could not move past each other on the single set of tracks.
    The engineers could not see because there was too much smoke from the engines.


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