Magician Madness!

How can you tell that this passage is an informational text?

• It does not list an author because several people helped create it.

• It gives accurate facts and a chart to support the main content.

• It is narrated in third-person and includes some made-up

  characters.

• It presents major events in the order in which they took place.

What is the main idea of this passage?

• The exploration company fought Spain’s attempts to claim Spanish

  shipwrecks.

• Sunken ships like the Mercedes are part of their home country’s

  cultural heritage.

• The Mercedes was carrying a valuable cargo when it was sunk by the British in 1804.

• A number of different parties have fought over the treasure carried by the Mercedes.

What is the meaning of the word salvaged in paragraph 2?

• rescued something that was lost

• discovered something important

• restored something to its original condition

• determined the value of something

This question has two parts. Answer Part A first. Then answer Part B.

Part A Which was a point of disagreement between Odyssey and Spain?

• how much the shipwreck’s cargo was worth

• whether the shipwreck was definitely the Mercedes

• whether Peru had any rights to the Mercedes treasure

• how much money Odyssey had spent looking for the sunken ship

Part B Which sentence from the passage supports the answer to Part A?

• More than 200 crew members were killed, and the valuable cargo sank to the ocean floor.

• Spain also stressed that the Mercedes had belonged to the Spanish government.

• There was no proof that the ship was the Mercedes.

• The Spanish conquerors had minted the coins from minerals stolen

  from the native people, it said.

What evidence in the text supports the idea that marine archaeologists might support some exploration of shipwrecks?

• their interest in the Mercedes lawsuits

• their dislike of treasure-hunters in general

• their belief that wrecks can provide important information

• their opinion that shipwrecks should be considered historic sites