TEXT 1
1. Which sentence from paragraph 1 best states the central idea?
Unit 3 CUA Review

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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"Somehow you have to navigate your way to your destination."
"How do you stay on course and avoid losing your way during the night?"
"Luckily, the ancient Chinese had developed a tool called a South Pointer that indicated 24 directions including north, south, east, and west."
"This tool, now called a compass, became a critical instrument for ocean navigation and is still used today."
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
2. Read this sentence from the passage:
Somehow, you have to navigate your way to your destination.
What is the meaning of the technical phrase "navigate your way to your destination"?
float along in the ocean
find the way to where you want to go
find out what time it is
figure out the shape of the stars
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
3. Which sentence from the passage best supports the answer to number 2?
"How do you stay on course and avoid losing your way during the night?"
"It's very dark, with only the moon and stars glowing far above you."
"They use this knowledge to create the South Pointer, which dates back to sometime around 200 B.C."
"In time, the South Pointer was replaced by a new kind of compass."
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
4. What do the headings "Earliest Compass" and "Modern Inventions" suggest about the structure of the passage?
It is organized to show the compass through time.
It is organized to focus on time.
It is organized to show the order of importance.
It is organized to explain geography.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
5. According to paragraph 7, what was the importance of John Harrison's clock?
It identified magnetic south.
It established an official time of day.
It worked onboard ships.
It noted distance to shore.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
TEXT 2
6. Based on paragraphs 4-7 of this passage, what can the reader infer about Catherine?
She is not as comfortable on the water as the narrator.
She does not get along with the narrator.
She would prefer to do less paddling.
She believes she is better at canoeing than her friend.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
7. How does the author develop the narrator's point of view in the passage?
by including the narrator's thoughts and feelings
by including a description of the narrator
by including what the narrator says
by including what others say to the narrator
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