# Reading Wonders G4 Unit 1
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1. The author compares and contrasts the Pony Express and telegraph to show the reader（）.
A. how technology changed overtime.
B. the difference in how much each cost.
C. why people preferred to use the telegraph.
D. that the telegraph was an easier way to communicate.
2. What is the MAIN idea of the article?（）.
F. There were many ways to go west during the gold rush.
G. Ways to communicate became faster after 1850.
H. It took a long time for news to travel West in 1850.
I. The telegraph put an end to the Pony Express.
4. If invent means “to create something for the first time,” what does inventive mean?（）.
F. having the ability to invent
G. someone who invents
H. the act of inventing
I. being invented
5. Which was the FASTEST way to send information from St. Louis to California during the late 1850s?（）.
A. clipper ship
B. stagecoach
C. pony express
D. covered wagon
6. Which meaning of match is the SAME one used in the sentence above?（）.
F. a narrow strip of wood or cardboard used to light a fire
G. a person viewed as a possible marriage partner
H. a thing that is equal in quality or strength
I. a pair of things that appear to be alike
7. What does ridiculed mean in the sentences above?（）.
A. punished
B. instructed
C. agreed with
D. made fun of
8. What information can you find in the article under the heading “Connecting East and West”?（）.
F. ways to travel to California
G. how the telegraph was built
H. how the Pony Express worked
I. reasons for moving to California
9. According to the article, how did Morse convince Congress that the telegraph was a good idea?（）.
A. He explained his plan to them.
B. Wires from east and west were joined.
C. He sent a message from one city to another.
D. He used a special code for sending messages.
11. Which of these details MOST likely explains why Judah was hired to work on the transcontinental railroad?（）.
A. He studied engineering in school.
B. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
C. He was sometimes called “Crazy Judah.”
D. He began laying tracks eastward from California.
12. Which meaning of the word steep is the SAME one used in the sentence above?（）.
F. too high or unreasonable
G. to soak or leave in liquid
H. to involve or absorb deeply
I. having a very sharp face or slope
13. What does eastward mean?（）.
A. looking like the east
B. toward the east
C. full of the east
D. like the east
14. Which detail from the article does NOT support this idea?（）.
F. Workers suffered from frostbite.
G. Workers were lowered over the cliffs in baskets.
H. He began laying tracks eastward from California.
I. During the first winter, the wind piled snow 50 feet high.
15. Which of the following key details supports this idea?（）.
A. The plan was to join the tracks somewhere in the middle of the country.
B. He was the chief engineer of the Central Pacific Railroad.
C. Building the Central Pacific Railroad was a challenge.
D. But he was determined to reach his goal.
16. Why did Judah order some workers to go back to California during the first winter?（）.
F. They needed treatment for frostbite.
G. They had crossed the Sierra Nevada.
H. They could not work because of the snow.
I. They only removed two inches of rock a day.
17. What “huge challenge” did Judah and his men face near the end of the project?（）.
A. Workers were lowered in baskets over the cliffs.
B. Hammers and chisels bit into the rock day and night.
C. They had to lay tracks in the desert heat of the Great Basin.
D. Tracks for the Union Pacific Railroad were being laid from the East.
18. Which word means almost the SAME as obstacles?（）.
F. challenges
G. meetings
H. opportunities
I. temperatures
21. Which of the following is the solution to the prince’s problem?（）.
A. Chefs offer their finest meals.
B. The wizard gives the prince the gadget.
C. The king and queen announce a reward.
D. Outdoor exercise gives the prince a good appetite.
23. What does the idiom into a tizzy mean in the sentence above?（）.
A. made them nervous
B. put them in a locked room
C. forced them to work harder
D. helped them feel proud of their work
24. What does delicacies mean in the sentences above?（）.
F. gadgets
G. workers
H. hot spices
I. tasty foods
25. What does the prince do AFTER he gets the new gadget but BEFORE he walks with Naseem?（）.
A. eats fresh bread and butter
B. refuses to eat the foods people offer
C. asks Naseem why the apple tastes so good
D. enjoys the delicious taste of food on Wednesdays
26. What does Naseem do FIRST in the passage?（）.
F. talks to the prince
G. forms a plan in his mind
H. talks to the king and queen
I. carries his breakfast to work
27. What does the idiom driving me up the wall mean?（）.
A. hurting me
B. making me crazy
C. trying to please me
D. locking me in a room
28. Which word has almost the SAME meaning as devoured?（）.
F. ate
G. grabbed
H. hid
I. tossed
29. Which of these events happens LAST in the passage?（）.
A. The wizard gives the prince a new gadget.
B. The king and queen offer a reward.
C. Naseem gives the prince an apple.
D. The cook says, “I quit.”
31. Which of these is a run-on sentence?（）.
A. Sentence 1
B. Sentence 2
C. Sentence 3
D. Sentence 7
32. What is the subject of sentence 2?（）.
F. Chester
G. the story
H. was
I. a little monkey
33. How can sentence 3 BEST be written?（）.
A. Chester was always getting into trouble.
B. Always getting into trouble, which was fun.
C. Because Chester was always getting into trouble.
D. Always getting into trouble and enjoying himself.
34. Which is the BEST way to combine sentences 4 and 5 to make a complex sentence?（）.
F. Jerome and Ella started to giggle, or the story was so funny.
G. Jerome and Ella started to giggle, and the story was so funny.
H. Jerome and Ella started to giggle because the story was so funny.
I. Jerome and Ella started to giggle why the story was so funny.
35. Which of these is a compound sentence?（）.
A. Sentence 6
B. Sentence 7
C. Sentence 8
D. Sentence 9
36. Which sentence contains a subordinate clause?（）.
F. Sentence 2
G. Sentence 10
H. Sentence 11
I. Sentence 18
37. Which of these is a run-on sentence?（）.
A. Sentence 7
B. Sentence 9
C. Sentence 12
D. Sentence 19
38. How can sentence 15 BEST be written as a compound sentence?（）.
F. “Monkeys like bananas, and so do I.”
G. “Because I like bananas so do monkeys.”
H. “Monkeys like bananas before I do.”
I. “Monkeys like bananas, so do I.”
39. How can sentence 16 BEST be written as a complex sentence?（）.
A. They all went to the kitchen, found a bunch of bananas in a bowl.
B. They all went to the kitchen and found a bunch of bananas in a bowl.
C. They all went to the kitchen, where they found a bunch of bananas in a bowl.
D. They all went to the kitchen, but they found a bunch of bananas in a bowl.
40. Which of these is a sentence fragment because it does not have a subject?（）.
F. Sentence 5
G. Sentence 6
H. Sentence 22
I. Sentence 23
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