ad ad
Teaching Resources

Worksheets

Mini-Lessons

Graphic Organizers

World Report February 8, 2002

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

Comprehension Quiz

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:Don't Forget to Brush Your Teeth


    1. Why do so many Americans fail to see their dentist regularly?

    1. The dentist lives too far away.
    2. Many Americans don't have dental insurance.
    3. Going to the dentist is bad for teeth.

  • Article:Top 5


    2. According to the Top 5, which of the following countries eats approximately twenty-two and a half pounds of chocolate per person a year?

    1. Switzerland
    2. Belgium
    3. United States

  • Article:Run, Dinosaur, Run!


    3. How did researchers come to the conclusion that theropod dinosaurs could run as fast as 19 miles an hour?

    1. They studied their eating habits.
    2. They studied 163 million-year-old fossilized dinosaur tracks.
    3. They studied movies about dinosaurs, and noticed that they seemed to run really

  • Article:Colorado's Next National Park


    4. In which state will the Great Sand Dunes National Park be established?

    1. New York
    2. California
    3. Colorado

  • Article:Message to the Nation


    5. Where did President Bush deliver his State of the Union address?

    1. Chamber of the House of Representatives
    2. Oval Office
    3. Pentagon

  • Article:Message to the Nation


    6. What were Bush's "great goals" to help keep America strong?

    1. fighting terrorism, cutting taxes and winning the next election
    2. fighting terrorism, protecting the homeland and creating more jobs
    3. fighting terrorism, moving to California and increasing taxes

  • Article:Message to the Nation


    7. Which document requires the President to report regularly to Congress?

    1. Declaration of Independence
    2. Treaty of Ghent
    3. Constitution

  • Article:Message to the Nation


    8. Bush's proposed budget includes increasing the amount of money spent on what?

    1. defense
    2. Bush's clothes
    3. Neither A nor B

  • Article:Profiles in African American History


    9. What was the Harlem Renaissance?

    1. a time when Harlem was a cultural and artistic center for African Americans
    2. a war between different communities in New York
    3. the name of a Langston Hughes poem

  • Article:Message to the Nation


    10. If you were the principal of your school, what goals would you set for the school and its students?

Customize questions 9 and 10

ad ad