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World Report March 27, 2009



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

Comprehension Quiz

Somewhere Safe

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: "Out of the Wild" (Identify Main Idea)


    1. This story is mostly about

    1. protecting amphibians from the effects of climate change.
    2. improving the care of amphibians living in zoos.
    3. saving amphibians from a deadly fungus by keeping them inside.
    4. helping amphibians survive habitat destruction.

  • Article: "Out of the Wild" (Recall Facts and Details)


    2. The chytrid fungus has already spread through

    1. northern Panama.
    2. southern Panama.
    3. eastern Panama.
    4. western Panama.

  • Article: "Out of the Wild" (Identify Cause and Effect)


    3. The loss of amphibians in an ecosystem can cause

    1. insect populations to disappear.
    2. insect populations to go hungry.
    3. insect populations to increase.
    4. None of the above

  • Article: "Out of the Wild" (Read a Map)


    4. Which two countries border Panama?

    1. Costa Rica and Colombia
    2. Nicaragua and Costa Rica
    3. Honduras and Colombia
    4. Honduras and Nicaragua

  • Article: "Power to the Space Station" (Recall Facts and Details)


    5. What did the space shuttle Discovery bring to the ISS?

    1. space suits
    2. solar panels
    3. tools
    4. books

  • Article: "A Big Monster" (Recall Facts and Details)


    6. "Predator X" was

    1. a mammal
    2. a reptile
    3. an amphibian
    4. a fish

  • Article: "The Last Great Race" (Interpret Language in Context)


    7. "It was a three-peat!" This means that

    1. the same person had won the Iditarod three times.
    2. there was a three-way tie in the Iditarod.
    3. there were three dogsled teams competing in the Iditarod.
    4. the Iditarod winner received three prizes.

  • Article: "Women Leaders" (Read a Pie Chart)


    8. The pie chart shows that

    1. only men hold seats in Congress.
    2. the same number of women and men hold seats in Congress.
    3. more women than men hold seats in Congress.
    4. more men than women hold seats in Congress.

  • Article: "Women Leaders" (Read a Time Line)


    9. Which event happened first?

    1. Geraldine A. Ferraro ran for Vice President
    2. Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    3. Sarah Palin ran for Vice President.
    4. Sandra Day O'Connor was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • Article: "Out of the Wild" (Reflective Writing)


    10. Why should we save frogs and other amphibians?

Customize questions 9 and 10

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