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World Report September 27, 2002

This Issue:
Table of Contents
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Comprehension Quiz

Rebuilding Afghanistan

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:Coming Home


    1. Under the Taliban rule, women and girls were not allowed to:

    1. Go to school
    2. Show their faces in public
    3. Both A and B

  • Article:Coming Home


    2. What is a burka?

    1. A head-to-toe robe
    2. A form of government
    3. A special school for women

  • Article:Coming Home


    3. What is the main reason Afghani refugees are beginning to return home?

    1. The Taliban?Afghanistan?s strict Islamic government?is no longer in power.
    2. The weather is improving dramatically, and is making it easier to travel.
    3. Afghani refugees are not returning home.

  • Article:Coming Home


    4. Which of the following environmental factors has made it very difficult to grow crops in Afghanistan?

    1. A war with Russia
    2. Three years of drought conditions
    3. Bad roads

  • Article:Coming Home


    5. How do Afghanis get most of their food, medicine and clothing?

    1. They rely on international aid.
    2. They grow or make everything they need.
    3. They receive everything they need from the Afghani government.

  • Article:Coming Home


    6. Why is building roads in Afghanistan important?

    1. People need roads to drive their cars around.
    2. Building supplies and food can?t get to remote villages without proper roads.
    3. It?s not important to build roads in Afghanistan.

  • Article:Coming Home


    7. According to the map on page 5, which country has had the most number of refugees return to Afghanistan?

    1. Uzbekistan
    2. Iran
    3. Pakistan

  • Article:Who Killed King Tut?


    8. Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word sleuthing in the following sentence:
    Then they traveled to Egypt for more sleuthing.

    1. Sleuthing means investigating
    2. Sleuthing means eating
    3. Sleuthing means mummifying

  • Article:Listening to the Earth


    9. Dan Miller, the volcanologist, says, "There are times when I am sitting on the side of a beautiful mountain and I have to pinch myself to remember that this is my job." Based on this statement, which of the following options best describes how Dan Miller feels about his job?

    1. He thinks his job is boring and needs to pinch himself to keep himself awake.
    2. He hates his job so much that he tries to forget it.
    3. He enjoys his job so much that he needs to pinch himself to remember to do work!

  • Article:Top 5


    10. According to the Top 5 on page 3, which state harvested more apples than any other state in 2001?

    1. New York
    2. Washington
    3. California

Customize questions 9 and 10

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