4th Comprehension

What is this whole story mostly about?

• The father wants to punish his sons.

• The father wants to teach his sons a lesson.

• The father wants his sons to help him with the chores.

Which of these is a small piece of information from the story that makes the story more interesting?

• The sons would argue all day about unimportant things.

• The sons refuse to do their chores.

• The sons play tricks on each other.

Which of these is a small piece of information from the story that makes the story more interesting?

• The first of the four sons was able to break the bundle of sticks

• The last of the four sons was able to break the bundle of sticks.

• Each son was sure he could break the bundle, and they argued about who was the strongest.

Which of these is a small piece of information from the story that makes the story more interesting?

• The father broke the bundle of sticks, and then untied the rope.

• The father handed a few sticks to each son, and they broke these easily.

• The father told his sons a story to teach them a lesson.

What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

• The planets of our solar system orbit the sun.

• Comets in our solar system orbit the sun.

• The earth circles the sun once a year.

What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

• Solar winds cause a comet’s vapor cloud to trail out like a tail.

• The solid part of a comet can be 10 miles across.

• Comets are made of frozen gasses and bits of rock and dust.

What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

• A comet’s vapor tail can be hundreds of millions of miles long.

• When comets are visible from earth, the appear to be motionless.

• When comets are visible from earth, the appear to whiz across the sky.

What is the main idea of the fourth paragraph?

• The most famous comet is Halley’s Comet.

• The orbit of Halley’s Comet takes 76 years.

• The next time Halley’s Comet will be visible will be in 2061.