Is She an Athlete?

1. [PART A] What is the meaning of a maneuver? (p. 2-3)

• A.a movement that requires skill
• B.a rule designed to improve safety
• C.a serious injury
• D.a determination to succeed

2. [PART B] Which detail from the article best illustrates the meaning of a maneuver? (p. 2-3)

• A.“Paisley spends about 25 hours a week, year-round, practicing.”
• B.“Back then, cheerleaders mostly chanted and waved pom-poms.”
• C.“But many college cheerleaders are pushed beyond that limit.”
• D.“Cheerleaders create human pyramids and get tossed high in the air.”

3. Which statement is an opinion? (p. 2-3)

• A.Cheerleading began in the 1800s.
• B.There are about 3.5 million cheerleaders in the United States.
• C.Cheerleading does not require as much skill as soccer.
• D.Title IX was passed in 1972.

4. What is the section “New Heights” about? (p. 2-3)

• A.Paisley Smith’s cheerleading injury
• B.Paisley Smith’s practice schedule
• C.the passage of Title IX
• D.the risks modern cheerleaders face

5. Which section contains information about the writing system that the Maya used? (p. 4-5)

• A. “Ahead of Their Time”
• B.“Lasers Lead the Way”
• C.“More to Come”
• D.“Schooled by the Maya”

6. Which detail would be least important to include in a summary of the article? (p. 4-5)

• A.Ruins of a Maya city were found in Mexico.
• B.The Maya were an advanced civilization.
• C.The Maya writing system included about 800 hieroglyphs.
• D.Technology called lidar helped scientists locate the remains of Maya structures.

7. When Luke Auld-Thomas says the ruins were a “stone’s throw from the road,” you can infer that he means the ruins were _______. (p. 4-5)

• A.at the end of the road
• B.close to the road
• C.hundreds of miles from the road
• D.buried under piles of stone

8. Based on the article, you know that the ice festival _____. (p. 6)

• A.takes place each year
• B.opened to the public in October
• C.will take place in Norway next year
• D.is the world’s only ice-sculpting contest

9. Why does the article mention the Great Wall of China? (p. 6)

• A.The ice festival features a sculpture of it.
• B.The ice festival is located next to it.
• C.Ice for the festival was taken from it.
• D.Ice festival-goers can slide down it.

10. A Scholastic survey of kids ages 6 to 17 showed that 72 percent of them _____.(p. 7)

• A.read only nonfiction
• B.read only fiction
• C.read a book for fun at least once a week
• D.visit a library at least once a week