The Pony Express Chapter I

At A Nation's Crisis

The Pony Express was the first rapid transit and the first fast mail line across the continent from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast. It was a system by means of which messages were carried swiftly on horseback across the plains and deserts, and over the mountains of the far West. It brought the Atlantic coast and the Pacific slope ten days nearer to each other.

It had a brief existence of only sixteen months and was supplanted by the transcontinental telegraph. Yet it was of the greatest importance in binding the East and West together at a time when overland travel was slow and cumbersome, and when a great national crisis made the rapid communication of news between these sections an imperative necessity.

The Pony Express marked the highest development in overland travel prior to the coming of the Pacific railroad, which it preceded nine years. It, in fact, proved the feasibility of a transcontinental road and demonstrated that such a line could be built and operated continuously the year around-a feat that had always been regarded as impossible.

The operation of the Pony Express was a supreme achievement of physical endurance on the part of man and his ever faithful companion, the horse. The history of this organization should be a lasting monument to the physical sacrifice of man and beast in an effort to accomplish something worthwhile. Its history should be an enduring tribute to American courage and American organizing genius.

What is the main purpose of these paragraphs?

 

A. To convince readers of the historical significance of the Pony Express

B. To argue the Pony Express has not been given enough attention

C. To describe how people today view the riders of the Pony Express

D. To suggest the Pony Express was not fast enough to be successful

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Which of the following is appropriate for a formal audience?

A. After reviewing the details, I can say you are solid.

B. I have reviewed the documents' details, and you are protected.

C. Listen, I got your back, so don't worry about it.

D. You are totally good because this is not a big problem.

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Which question would help improve the development of ideas in an essay?

A. Are the sentences varied to maintain interest?

B. Can language be made more concise?

C. Is each point related to the main idea?

D. Is the organization clear and appropriate to the task?

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The House of the Seven Gables, an excerpt By Nathaniel Hawthorne

Thus the great house was built. Familiar as it stands in the writer's recollection,-for it has been an object of curiosity with him from boyhood, both as a specimen of the best and stateliest architecture of a longpast epoch, and as the scene of events more full of human interest, perhaps, than those of a gray feudal castle,-familiar as it stands, in its rusty old age, it is therefore only the more difficult to imagine the bright novelty with which it first caught the sunshine.

Which word most clearly summarizes the description of the house? (5 points)

A. Curious

B. Interesting

C. Monumental

D. Novel

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