Which sentence from the selection is an assertion made by the author?
The Mysterious Marfa Lights

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English
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8th Grade
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Hard
Sarah Williams
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
It has a large parking lot that fills up with cars almost every night and a patio that overlooks a wide, open plain and the Chinati Mountains in the distance.
When people mistake the headlights for the Marfa Lights, it's because they have never seen the real Marfa Lights.
Professor Jack Pettigrew, of the University of Queensland, has proven that this could happen with research he conducted in 2003.
Those kinds of gases are known to exist.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The author's purpose for including Paragraph 2 in the selection is most likely to-
state the various explanations people have offered for the lights
explain the reasons people travel to Marfa to see the lights
show why there are so many different explanations
describe what people have reported seeing
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In Paragraph 2, the author suggests that no single explanation has been accepted because-
the phenomenon rarely occurs; it is difficult to study
only one of the scientific explanations can be tested
the phenomenon occurs in other places
the lights are not always the same color
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which sentence from the article best explains why the Marfa lights remain a mystery?
"They appear only 10 to 20 times each year, in all seasons and any kind of weather"
"Sightings occur between dusk and dawn, lasting from a few seconds to several hours."
"The Marfa lights seem to occur more frequently during the second half of the lunar cycle, between the full moon and the next new moon."
"With so many conflicting theories about the lights, people complain that there will never be a definitive answer about their origin."
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which detail from the article illustrates that not all of the Marfa lights are caused by headlights from a nearby highway?
The balls of light remain motionless and pulse on and off, switching from faint to bright
Robert Ellison saw the Marfa lights in 1883 while driving cattle, before cars were invented.
The lights are the size of soccer balls in bright colors of red, orange, green, blue, white or yellow.
There are too many conflicting theories, so there will never be a definitive answer about the origin
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which statement explains why there are few eyewitness reports?
Those who saw the lights and reported them were ignored
Kyle Miller was ill when he reported that he saw the lights
People who report strange phenomena are usually not believed
The Humphreys probably saw the lights again but said nothing
7.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Paragraph 10 states, "the local population has few complaints about the mysterious lights." Explain why you think this is true. Use one quote from the article to support your explanation.
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