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- 1. Multiple Choice
From the selection, the reader can tell that Phillip Currie is:
foolish
awkward
determined
unfriendly
- 2. Multiple Choice
What conslusion can the reader draw about Barnum Brown's fossil field?
Dinosaurs never lived there.
No one knew exactly where it was.
It had only plant-eating dinosaurs.
Many people had been there to visit.
- 3. Multiple Choice
How does the reader know that diinosaurs lived long ago?
Few dinosaurs are still alive.
Some dinosaurs have feathers.
Many dinosaurs ate other animals.
Only dinosaur fossils are left today.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Barnum Brown's life would have been different if his family did not dig for coal because he might never have:
gotten a job
seen a fossil
gone to school
lived in Kansas
- 5. Multiple Choice
From the selection, the reader can conclude that:
all dinosaurs ate plants
most dinosaurs are dead
few dinosaurs had teeth
some dinosaurs ate meat
- 6. Multiple Choice
Brown's Albertosaurus bones were in the basement for many years because:
Currie wanted to keep them a secret
people did not realize how special they were
they were too big and heavy to show in a museum
fossil hunters had a hard time putting the pieces together
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which sentence from the selection helps the reader conclude that it was difficult to find the fossil field in Canada's badlands?
Sandflies and mosquitos bit him.
All alone, Phillip climbed another hill.
Its huge, powerful jaws could crush a bone
It was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
- 8. Multiple Choice
The information in the selection leads the reader to conclude that:
dinosaurs lived only in Canada
many dinosaurs lived in groups
all dinosaurs traveled across long distances
the smallest dinosaurs were found in Montana
- 9. Multiple Choice
Phillip Currie's search was a success because he found:
22 albertosaurs
70 dinosaur teeth
the first dinosaur eggs
the first meat-eating dinosaur
- 10. Multiple Choice
What can the reader conclude from the following sentence from the selection? "Phillip and his team worked for months to dig out each fossil."
The team had to be careful.
the team was not very experienced.
The team was unhappy with all the work.
The team was hoping to find a live dinosaur.
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