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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat is John Henry best know for?singing songs while building a railroad after the Civil Warbeating a steam-powered machined with his own strengthgrowing up as a slavegrowing really fast when he was a boy
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhy did John Henry agree to race against the digging machine?He wanted to save the workers' jobsHe wants to win the machine as his prizeHe like to show offHe wanted to be paid more
- 3. Multiple ChoiceIf a boss is going to fire a person, he or she is going to ____________light a matchpay them more moneygive them a jobend their job
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich sentence shows that this story is a fantasy?John Henry was born a slaveHe grew so fast that sometimes the pants he put on in the morning were to short by nightfallJohn Henry lived before there were cars or airplanesThen one day, a little man in a fancy suit arrived at the work camp
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhen did John Henry go to work for the railroad?after the little man came to the work campbefore he became the biggest and strongest man aroundafter the tracks ran into Big Bend Mountainafter the Civil War ended
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhen writing a tall tale, the author's purpose is ________to informto entertainto persuadeto explain a process
- 7. Multiple ChoiceA steel driver's job is to __________hammer drill bits into rock to break the rock updrive a machine made of steelfind still inside of rocksnone of the above
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the other railroad workers like John Henry?He worked harder and faster than any three workersHe had a booming voice and enjoyed singingHe helped saved their jobsall of the above
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is an opinion?John Henry should not have raced against the machine.Joh Henry was born a slave.John Henry became a steel driverJohn Henry went to work for the railroad.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhy could the little man's machine have been a solution to the boss's problem?The boss wants to fire all the railroad workersThe boss wanted to have a contestThe boss wanted the tunnel finished even fasterall of the above
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