1. Leah’s Pony

2. What is the genre of this story? A. fantasy B. historical fiction C. folktale D. narrative nonfiction

3. What is the setting of the story? A. an urban community B. a rural community C. outer space D. a suburban community

4. What is the closest estimate to when this story happened? A. 1,000 years ago B. 100 years ago C. 10 years ago D. last year

5. What happened the year that the corn grew only as high as a man’s thumb? A. Papa made no money. B. Papa made a lot of money. C. Momma got sick. D. Leah got a pony.

6. Why did Leah sell her pony to Mr. B? A. She didn’t love him anymore. B. She was too big to ride him. C. Her father made her. D. She wanted to make money to help her family.

7. Why did momma have a hard time keeping the house clean? A. She was tired and sick. B. There was dust everywhere. C. She had to work in the fields. D. Papa was messy.

8. Why was there an auction? A. Because Papa wanted to quit farming. B. Because Leah sold her pony. C. Because Papa had borrowed money and could not pay it back. D. Because the auctioneer wanted to take Leah’s home.

9. Why did Leah want to buy Papa’s tractor? A. It was Papa’s favorite thing. B. She knew it was the only way Papa could still plant crops. C. She wanted to save her pony. D. Momma asked her to.

10. How did the neighbors help Leah’s family? A. They let them stay at their homes. B. They brought food and clothes. C. They helped them pack up the truck to move to Oregon. D. They bought all of the auction’s items and gave them back to the family.

11. Hand is to finger as state is to ________. A. country B. continent C. county

12. A. cost B. money C. price D. bid At auction, the painting was sold for the highest ______ of $1,000,000.

13. This person needs to be able to think and to talk very fast to do his job well. A. doctor B. auctioneer C. manager D. teacher

14. The diamond _______ and shone in the light of the sun. A. clutched B. was dull C. glistened

15. An antonym for walked is ___________. A. galloped B. sauntered C. glistened D. moved

16. When the girl found her lost puppy, she ______ it to her heart and could not let go. A. honest B. glanced C. clutched D. dropped