Week 19 Daily Passages

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Shearing season is the busiest time on a sheep farm.

• Mornings are a busy time on the farm.

• Running a sheep farm is a lot of work, but Wilkins enjoys it.

• Lambs and adult sheep eat different foods.

Which of these is produced on Wilkins’s farm, according to the passage?

• wool cloth

• yogurt

• cheese

• sheep’s milk

According to the passage, which of these is not a chore that Wilkins does?

• repair machines

• plant seeds

• shear sheep

• feed lambs

What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

• Wilkins’s sons help with the shearing.

• Shearing takes place in a shearing shed.

• Once a year, Wilkins shears the sheep for their wool.

• Wool must be sorted and processed before it is sold.

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Easter Island is a mysterious place.

• Rongorongo is a mysterious writing system once used on Easter Island.

• Long ago, very few people on Easter Island could read or write.

• Rongorongo consists of nature symbols.

Which is not a detail about Easter Island?

• It is about 2,000 miles from Chile.

• Spanish is now the main language there.

• No one lived there until the 18th century.

• It is famous for its large statues.

Which statement is true, based on the passage?

• People still use rongorongo today.

• No examples of rongorongo exist today.

• Rongorongo was invented on Easter Island.

• Anyone can read rongorongo.

What makes rongorongo like a code?

• It is carved on pieces of wood.

• People don’t know what all the symbols mean.

• There are no remaining examples of it.

• It tells the secrets of the moai.

Which of these events happened first in Arizona?

• Mexico claimed the land

• An extreme drought struck the area

• Arizona became a US territory

• Arizona becomes a state

Which of these events happened last?

• The Gold Rush began in California.

• Europeans first explored the Grand Canyon.

• The Anasazi civilization died out.

• Mexico claimed Arizona’s land.