World Report March 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:

Print the student quiz with the ten questions below.
Customize this quiz by changing questions 9 and 10.
Find the answer key to the quiz in this week's Teachers' Guide. Look under the ANSWERS section on page 2.

Article:Will They Find a Path to Peace?

1. Who is the Prime Minister of Israel?
1. Ariel Sharon
2. Yasser Arafat
3. Dick Cheney
Article:Will They Find a Path to Peace?

2. Which country does not border Israel?
1. Egypt
2. Jordan
3. Saudi Arabia
Article:Maya Lin

3. What memorial did Maya Lin design when she was 21?
1. Lincoln Memorial
2. Vietnam Veterans Memorial
3. Washington Monument
Article:Alaska's Great Race Gets Faster

4. How many times has Martin Buser won the Iditarod?
1. 2
2. 4
3. 3
Article:Alaska's Great Race Gets Faster

5. Who was Balto?
1. A sled dog who helped deliver medicine to sick children in 1925
2. A sled dog who is part of Martin Buser's winning team.
3. A sled dog who ran the Iditarod four years in a row.
Article:Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

6. How many teens each year become daily smokers?
1. one million
2. one thousand
3. one hundred
Article:Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

7. What organization gives out the Hackademy Award?
1. American Lung Association
2. United Artists
3. University of California
Article:The Other Olympics

8. Athletes from how many countries participated in the 2002 Paralympics?
1. 25
2. 36
3. 16
Article:The Other Olympics

9. The Paralympics began in what year?
1. 1960
2. 2002
3. 1942
Article:Will They Find a Path to Peace?

10. What message of peace would you send to Palestinian and Israeli children?