Week 1 Post Quiz

Why might you distrust a news story?

• Because it is not interesting

• Because it contains false information

Which is an impossible?

• Visiting two cities in one day

• Being in two places at once

Which would be an impractical way to get from the Dubai to Abu Dhabi?

• rowing a boat

• taking a bus

Which would be considered improper?

• Wiping your nose on your sleeve

• walking to school instead of taking the bus

Read the passage.

We've had no fun this week, Meg sighed.

"I know," Hayley moaned. "Let's do something different tonight."

"Let's camp!" Meg shouted, jumping up.

Hayley jumped up, too. "Yes!"

"How about in my backyard?" Meg suggested.

"oh," She looked out the window and shuddered. "But it's so dark outside. What about animals? Or getting lost?"

"Don't worry," said Meg. "We'll bring flashlights. And we'll be close to the house."

"Okay! Let's get the tent!" Hayley exclaimed.

Based on the passage, compare and contrast Meg and Hayley.

• Both were excited about camping, but Hayley was afraid of the dark

• Hayley was excited about camping, but Meg was not.

• Both Hayley and Meg were afraid of the dark

Read the passage.

Samuel was selling candy to raise money for the school library. He'd already raised sixty-two dollars. All he needed was eight more dollars to reach his goal! He could barely contain his excitement as he ran to Mr. Lynch's door.

The door flew open. Mr. Lynch said, "Oh! Hello. I was expecting the delivery man with my cake." Then he saw Samuel's candy. "Candy!" he exclaimed. "Well, that sounds pretty good, too!"

Based on the passage, compare and contrast Samuel and Mr. Lynch.

• Both Samuel and Mr. Lynch were fond of sweet things

• Samuel didn't like candy, by Mr. Lynch did.

Select the synonym of the underlined word.

The teacher wrote the incorrect number in the equation, now the answer is wrong.

• Easy

• wrong

Select the antonym of the word in bold.

If I failed, I will try again, I am confident I can succeed.

• confident

• succeed

Select the antonym of the word in bold.

Objects will float if they are less dense that the liquid they are in, but if the object is denser, the object will sink.

• Sink

• Liquid