Horse Heroes Comprehension

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1 point

The names of the horses Tschiffely took with him on his journey were:

Criollo and Padre

Palamino and Pinto

Gato and Mancha

Peru and Equador

1 point

Which is NOT something that Trigger could do?

pull a gun from his holster

sign his name

walk on his hind legs

say the ABC's

1 point

The genre of this text is _________________________which recounts a true event or series of events.

historical

fiction

drama

expository

1 point

What was the author’s purpose in writing this selection?

entertain

inform

persuade

express ideas or emotions

1 point

Why was a Pony Express rider a dangerous job?

the path was in another country

the stations and riders were hidden

a rider could get homesick and try to go back home

the rider could sometimes be attacked by American Indians

1 point

The Pony Express carried what important means of communication?

telegraphs

newspapers

letters

e-mails

1 point

Aimé Tschiffely wanted to ride from what city in South American to what North American city?

Buenos Aires, Argentina to Washington D.C.

Washington D.C. to Salt Lake City, Utah

Buenos Aires, Argentina to Paris, France

London, England to Paris, France

1 point

This reading selection is written in _____________________________________.

first

second

third

other

1 point

Roy Rogers liked Trigger so much that he:

set him free to roam the plains

bought him to be his own horse

insisted he be used for every movie he was in

kept him safe by never using him for any show

10.

1 point

What did Tschiffely do with his horses after his journey north?

he gave them to a zoo

he rode them back down the same way they came up

he set them free in Central Park

he took them back to Argentina and set them free

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