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World Report February 22, 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:And the Olympic Medal Goes to...


    1. What does the word dispute mean in the following sentence? After investigating the dispute, officials suspended the judge.

    1. medal
    2. difference of opinion
    3. skater

  • Article:Top 5


    2. According to the Top 5, where is the largest desert in the world?

    1. Africa
    2. Asia
    3. North America

  • Article:Profiles in African American History


    3. What was the message of Sojourner Truth's 1851 famous speech in Ohio?

    1. Women are equal to men.
    2. Women should change their names.
    3. Women shouldn't learn how to read.

  • Article:Sudan's Lost Boys Find a Home


    4. What does the word frigid mean in the following sentence? They didn't even have coats to protect them from the frigid air.

    1. warm
    2. hot
    3. very cold

  • Article:Sudan's Lost Boys Find a Home


    5. What did the workers in the Ethiopian refugee camp call the boys who escaped from Sudan?

    1. The Lost Boys
    2. The Refugees
    3. The Kids

  • Article:Sudan's Lost Boys Find a Home


    6. Why did the boys leave Ethiopia?

    1. They missed home.
    2. There was a war in Ethiopia.
    3. They didn't leave Ethiopia.

  • Article:Sudan's Lost Boys Find a Home


    7. What is the one thing that Wal believes can never be taken away?

    1. food
    2. a house
    3. education

  • Article:Sudan's Lost Boys Find a Home


    8. What does a "cultural orientation" class teach refugees?

    1. It teaches them how Americans live.
    2. It teaches them how to read and write.
    3. It teaches them about war.

  • Article:Power Failure


    9. When somebody says "taking the fifth," what does that mean?

    1. It means the person will not be a witness against himself.
    2. It means the person will make sure a company keeps proper track of its money.
    3. It means the person will ask for legal protection and promise to reorganize.

  • Article:


    10. Why do you think the U.S. government agreed to resettle 3,700 lost boys in the U.S.?

Customize questions 9 and 10

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