Bug Bites Quiz

What is the genre of the text Bug Bites?

• poetry

• informational

• fiction

• folktale

What main ideas are given in paragraphs 2 and 3 about eating bugs? (pick 2)

• You should eat bugs for a snack.

• Lots of people in other countries eat them.

• Bugs are pests.

• Bugs are nutritious, tasty, and safe to eat.

Reread page 176. Which words reveal the the author's point of view about eating bugs?

• Bugs aren't just pests.

• They're lunch or dinner or a nice afternoon snack.

• Lots of bugs are nutritious, tasty, and perfectly safe to eat.

• All of the above.

On page 177 the author claims that more than half the people on earth eat bugs daily. What facts or examples does the author use to support this claim?

• More than 1,500 bugs are somebody's snack.

• Ant tacos are sold in Mexico.

• Canned baby bees are sold in Japan.

• All of the above.

How do the pictures on page 177 support the text?

• They show people eating bugs.

• The pictures show the bugs that people eat the most.

• The pictures are showing how to cook bugs.

• They show the reader different snacks that have bugs in them.

What is the central, or main, idea of the section titled Bugs Do a Body Good on page 178?

• It's explaining how to cook different dinners that include bugs in the recipe.

• Cooked grasshoppers taste better than hamburgers.

• Cooked grasshoppers are more nutritious and better for your body than a hamburger.

• It's explaining how to make a hamburger.

What text structure does the author use for the section Bugs Do a Body Good on page 178?

• Compare and contrast

• Chronological

• Cause and effect

• Problem and Solution

What words in paragraph 11 help you understand what the word forbidden means as it is used in the text? (pick 2)

• would never

• don't eat

• munch

• tastes differ

Why do you think people in different places eat certain types of bugs and not other types? (page 179)

• Because not all bugs can be eaten.

• The bugs they choose to eat taste better.

• They are eating bugs that are found in the area they live in.

• People eat the same bugs everywhere.

Reread the section titled Future Foods on page 180. What readers do you think the author has in mind when writing this section?

• Kids

• Parents

• Toddlers

• Grandparents