Reading Skills - Daniel Boone - Fact or Fiction

Based on the article read in the last reading skill activity, write fact or fiction in front of each item listed below.

1. _______________ Daniel Boone received his first gun when he was 12 years old.
2. _______________ Daniel Boone helped build a fort.
3. _______________ Daniel Boone wore a coonskin cap.
4. _______________ Daniel Boone explored the Appalachian Mountains when he was just 9 years old.
5. _______________ Daniel Boone married Rebecca Bryan when he was 21 years old.
6. _______________ Daniel Boone fought at the Alamo with Davy Crockett.
7. _______________ Daniel Boone grew up as a Quaker.
8. _______________ Daniel Boone fought beside George Washington in the Revolutionary War.
9. _______________ Daniel Boone lived with the Shawnee for five months.
10. _______________ Daniel Boone did extremely well in school.
11. _______________ Daniel Boone was born in Reading, Pennsylvania.
12. _______________ Daniel Boone married his childhood sweetheart.
13. _______________ Daniel Boone killed a ten-foot, hairy giant he called a 'Yahoo.'
14. _______________ Daniel Boone traveled to Florida.
15. _______________ Daniel Boone fought in the French and Indian War.
16. _______________ Daniel Boone wrote a book about his adventures in the wilderness.
17. _______________ Daniel Boone was ten feet tall and as strong as an ox.
18. _______________ Daniel Boone was captured by the Shawnee.
19. _______________ Daniel Boone loved to hunt in the wilderness.
20. _______________ Daniel Boone loved to play tricks on his friends.

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1. fact
2. fact
3. fiction
4. fiction
5. fact
6. fiction
7. fact
8. fiction
9. fact
10. fiction
11. fact
12. fiction
13. fiction
14. fact
15. fact
16. fiction
17. fiction
18. fact
19. fact
20. fiction