Ten Mile Day-Reading Street

Why did the men call the six-mile point "Camp Victory"?

Why does the foreman sing a song while the men are working one the railroad?

How many times their normal wages were the men paid for volunteering to work on the 10 Mile Challenge?

What was the amount of the bonus money offered if the men completed the challenge?

The sound of the train was ______________ .

stunningly loud

moving or forcing open; searching curiously

We were headed to California to try our luck ____________ gold from the earth to make our fortune.

coming or being before

Everything we could take from our past, or ______________, life back in Boston was now in our covered wagon.

unable to produce much or any plant life

Like many immigrant families, we traveled west over miles of dry, ______________ lands.

looking over or viewing

____________ the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains below us.

leaned or rolled suddenly

The wagon ______________ forward, swaying and almost throwing me out the back.

Owing to the lack of customers, the restaurant closed down this week. The cause is ....

English is too difficult for me .... I got a tutor.

The yard looked nice since Mikha mowed and raked the grass.

The cause is....

'The girls was caught by the police because of stealing.' Which is the effect?

The sun wet down. The possible effect is...

... his hard work, he is now a very successful businessman.

He failed the test ... his bad study habits.