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EDITION 3–4: COVER QUIZ

2017: The Year In Pictures December 8, 2017Use this week’s cover story to answer the questions. For each question, circle the letter next to the best answer.

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COMPREHENSION QUIZ

Identify Author’s Purpose (RI.3.6; RI.4.6)

1. The author wrote this article to

A. explain the inauguration.

B. describe important events of 2017.

C. teach about weather.

D. describe the most important people of 2017.

Recall Key Facts and Details (RI.3.1; RI.4.1)

2. What is the age of the oldest woman astronaut?

A. 57

B. 53

C. 24

D. 75

Sequence Events (RI.3.2; RI.4.2)

3. Which happened first?

A. Houston Astros win the World Series.

B. Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas.

C. Wonder Woman opens in theaters.

D. Winter Storm Stella sweeps the northeastern United States.

Make Inferences (RI.3.2; RI.4.2)

4. The event on July 10 best fits in which news category?

A. sports

B. science

C. entertainment

D. health

Make Inferences (RI.3.2, RI.4.2)

5. What word best describes how Peggy Whitson felt after breaking the U.S. lifetime record for the most days in space.

A. shy

B. upset

C. honored

D. puzzled

Define Vocabulary (RI.3.4; RI.4.4)

6. What does the author mean by the phrase “shed new light on”?

A. explained new information.

B. put under a microscope

C. put in the sunlight

D. landed on

Name Date

EDITION 3–4: COVER QUIZ

Bonus Imagine you experienced one of the events in the article. What would you see, hear, and do? Describe the event from your point of view. Write your answer below or on a separate sheet of paper.

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COMPREHENSION QUIZ

Recall Facts and Details (RI.3.1; Ri.4.1)

7. Which film won for Best Animated Feature Film?

A. Wonder Woman

B. Super Bowl

C. Zootopia

D. Juno Spacecraft

Define Vocabulary (RI.3.4; RI.4.4)

8. What is another word for sparks?

A. slows

B. ends

C. builds

D. starts

Identify Fact and Opinion (RI.3.1; RI.4.1)

9. Which of the following statements is an opinion?

A. Neil Gorsuch is the youngest justice of the Supreme Court.

B. Millions of people watched the solar eclipse on August 21.

C. Women gathered at the Women’s March in Washington to protest the election of Donald Trump.

D. The Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center is the best tree in the state.

Read for Detail (RI.3.1; RI.4.1)

10. The San Francisco 49ers took a knee on October 1 to

A. protest the game.

B. do their part to bring awareness to a topic.

C. show they were injured.

D. honor the person singing the national anthem.