Directions: Read the selection. Then answer each question.
To Pittsburgh
1) It was 1960, and I was ten years old. It was the year when my parents told me we were moving to Pittsburgh. I had lived in Kansas all of my life. My family owned a farm there, and my sisters and I were used to getting up at the crack of dawn to milk the cows. We were used to catching fireflies in great big fields at night. Moving far away to a city made us nervous.
2) "In Pittsburgh, you can walk to the park and library from our house, Bill," my mother said to me. She knew I would like that. In Kansas, I always complained about how long it took when our family needed to drive into town.
3) I was still nervous, but I was a little excited, too. We packed our things into the truck. My sisters and I waved goodbye to our cousins. My father could tell I was sad as we pulled away and left them behind.
4) "Sometimes you have to take the bad with the good," my father said. "They will visit us soon."
5) We got on the highway and started our long trip. My oldest sister patted my leg to comfort me. After we drove for hours, everyone was tired and grumpy. Our old truck hit a rock, and we heard a loud noise. We got out and saw that we had a flat tire.
6) "Well, this will set us back a few hours," said my father. "We're never going to make it to Pittsburgh tomorrow."
7) My mom and sisters grumbled. They were tired of traveling and wanted to sleep in a bed.
8) "Sometimes you have to take the bad with the good," I said. "Let's keep going."
9) My father looked at me and smiled. He put the spare tire on the truck while my mom looked at the map. She found a small town where we could stop, get the tire fixed, and take a break. The next day, we made it to Pittsburgh.