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World Report September 26, 2003

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

Comprehension Quiz

"Isabel Slams the Coast"

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:Isabel Comes Storming In


    1. The author's purpose is

    1. to explain the effects of Hurricane Isabel.
    2. to describe the powerful force of hurricane winds.
    3. to make you afraid of hurricanes and other natural disasters.
    4. to convince you to become a Hurricane Hunter.

  • Article:Isabel Comes Storming In


    2. Which of the following statements from the article is NOT a fact?

    1. Millions of homes lost electricity.
    2. Major Christa Hornbaker is very brave.
    3. Winds blew at more than 100 miles per hour.
    4. Airlines suspended service.

  • Article:Isabel Storms In


    3. In which book would you most likely find information about hurricanes?

    1. History of Flight
    2. The Best Book of Volcanoes
    3. World Atlas
    4. Weather Pocket Guide

  • Article:Daddy Day Care


    4. Scientists made the surprising announcement that baboon dads

    1. don't know their babies.
    2. don't like their babies.
    3. recognize and care for their young.
    4. spend their time with elephants, antelope and buffalo.

  • Article:Daddy Day Care


    5. Baboons would probably NOT be described as

    1. caring.
    2. protective.
    3. tough.
    4. lazy.

  • Article:Patricia Reilly Giff


    6. Who is Patricia Reilly Giff?

    1. an Irish-American author
    2. a scientist
    3. a doctor
    4. none of the above

  • Article:Top 5


    7. How many hurricanes have hit Florida and Texas combined?

    1. 86
    2. 106
    3. 96
    4. 97

  • Article:So, When's the Election?


    8. Who will decide whether California will have a recall election?

    1. judges
    2. actors
    3. the President of the United States
    4. senators

  • Article:Dalai Lama


    9. What do you think the Dalai Lama meant when he said people should search for the "source of happy life within (themselves)"?

Customize questions 9 and 10

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