Spelling - Antonyms

1. open; far   2. lose; spend   3. happy; joyful; in love   4. died
5. husband   6. lower   7. soft; gentle   8. decreased; declined   9. bored
10. night; evening   11. different   12. safe

Spelling - Synonyms

1. fixed   2. look; peer   3. deserted; vacant, left alone
4. brave   5. hurried; speeded (sped)   6. expensive   7. big; large
8. valley; chasm; ravine   9. walk   10. wet; moisten

Short Answer Questions - A

1. Vancouver and Nelson
2. 16
3. 4; 6
4. 46
5. 5,000
6. Dynamite
7. $300,000
8. When they were crushed on the tracks by the train, they made the tracks slippery. Trains would have trouble starting and stopping.
9. Fires could burn the wooden trestles or wooden bridges and close the railway line.
10. Recreation (hiking and biking)

Short Answer Questions - B

1. Silver and copper
2. President of the CPR. He fought for the construction of the KVR to link with existing CPR track.
3. Penticton
4. 1910
5. There were daily foot patrols. Brakes were tested before every hill. McCulloch checked every bridge and tunnel yearly.
6. 3.75 miles long and 714 yards deep (6 km long and 650 metres deep)
7. 1916
8. Brake failure. No air left in brakes. The train fell into Coquihalla Canyon.
9. McCulloch’s Wonder and Coast-to-Kootenay Railway
10. 1964