Unit 5, Lesson 1: The Golden Spike - Jason Clark | Laabri

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The Greek root ´geo´ means

time.

light.

earth.

study of.

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Another word for ´assistance´ is

help.

sleep.

work.

delay.

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Promontory, Utah, was ´buzzing´ with activity. This means that the town

was just starting out.

was very active.

had many jobs available.

had people moving out.

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A worker was ´hastily´ summoned. ´Hastily´ means about the same as

loudly.

eventually.

formally.

quickly.

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The two ´locomotives´ inched toward one another. ´Locomotives´ are

wild animals.

train tracks.

roads.

train engines.

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Where does the selection take place?

Nebraska

Utah

California

New York

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What made the crowd laugh at the celebration?

They have been told funny stories.

The band members are wearing silly hats.

The executives cannot hit the spike.

They are happy about the railroad being completed.

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Which of these is a fact about the transcontinental railroad?

The railroad took eight years to complete.

The railroad made a vast country one.

The railroad changed life in America.

America would not be what we know today without it.

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What happens right after Thomas Durant swung his hammer and missed?

A band begins to play.

A worker is summoned.

A railroad executive makes a speech.

Two locomotives inch towards one another.

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The author wrote this selection to

help readers learn about how our country was made.

tell about how difficult it is to build a transcontinental railroad.

inform us that Americans did not build the railroad.

tell about how locomotives work.

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