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World Report October 3, 2008



This Issue:
Table of Contents
Cover Story
Cover Story - Spanish Version
Mini-Lesson
Comprehension Quiz
Teacher's Guide and Worksheets

Comprehension Quiz

Design By Nature

Directions:

  1. Print the student quiz with the ten questions below.

  2. Customize this quiz by changing questions 9 and 10.

  3. Find the answer key to the quiz in this week's Teachers' Guide. Look under the ANSWERS section on page 2.

  • Article: "Take It from Nature" (Identify Main Idea)


    1. This story is mostly about

    1. inventions inspired by nature.
    2. a new type of car modeled on the boxfish.
    3. the importance of nature
    4. amazing animals.

  • Article: "Take It from Nature" (Make Inferences)


    2. In paragraph 3, the author suggests that most cars

    1. use approximately one gallon of gas to run for 70 miles.
    2. use exactly one gallon of gas to run for 70 miles.
    3. use more than one gallon of gas to run for 70 miles.
    4. use less than one gallon of gas to run for 70 miles.

  • Article: "Take It from Nature" (Recall Facts and Details)


    3. Self-cleaning paint was inspired by

    1. the blue morpho butterfly.
    2. termite mounds.
    3. the humpback whale.
    4. the lotus leaf.

  • Article: "Take It from Nature" (Identify Figures of Speech)


    4. The first sentence in paragraph 8 is an example of

    1. personification.
    2. imagery.
    3. rhyme.
    4. alliteration.

  • Article: "Minds on the Money Mess" (Sequence Events)


    5. Which of the following happened first?

    1. The two biggest mortgage lenders had to be rescued.
    2. Congress members said it would be unfair to bail out bankers.
    3. The two biggest mortgage lenders had to be rescued.
    4. Many Americans borrowed more money than they could repay.

  • Article: "Found: A Mozart Tune" (Identify Fact and Opinion)


    6. Which statement is an opinion about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

    1. He wrote his first piece of music when he was 5 years old.
    2. He was the best composer of all time.
    3. He died before his 35th birthday.
    4. A draft of one of his compositions was found in France.

  • Article: "Top 5 Apple Varieties" (Read a Graph)


    7. How many Red Delicious apples were grown in the U.S. in 2007?

    1. 54
    2. 54 million
    3. 54 million bushels
    4. 54 bushels

  • Article: "Bookends: Authors Discuss the Candidates" (Recall Facts and Details)


    8. Who wrote a children's book about the Republican candidate?

    1. Nikki Grimes
    2. Meghan McCain
    3. John McCain
    4. Barack Obama

  • Article: "Remembering the Model T" (Read a Time Line)


    9. How many years ago was the Honda Insight introduced?

    1. 9
    2. 1
    3. 10
    4. 100

  • Article: "Take It from Nature" (Draw Conclusions)


    10. Why are scientists and inventors looking to nature for ideas?

Customize questions 9 and 10

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