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- 1. Multiple Choice
How can you learn about animals that lived long ago?
By looking for Dinosaur bones.
By listening to Ms. Rose read the story.
By looking at my chicken bones.
By looking at Daniel looking out the window.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What details does the author give about Tray?
That Tray is big and round.
That Tray likes to eat plants.
That Tray was black and white with a friendly brown eyes and a wiggly tail.
Tray was a guard dog.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Why do you think the author included these details?
To describe how much he liked playing with play dough.
To describe how the dog looks by using descriptive language?
By showing you that all dogs are smart.
To show you what Ms. Millan's dog looks like.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why does the author include a photograph of a fossil?
The fossil is there to show you how big rocks can be.
The fossil shows you the different colors of the ocean floor.
The photo helps readers understand what fossils look like.
The photo shows you what your goldfish looks like.
- 5. Multiple Choice
How did the shell turn into a fossil?
The shell was pressed between layers of mud, and it left an imprint. After many years, the imprint hardened along with the mud.
By Mary Anning using a hammer to shape the fossil.
By Tray biting the edges off of the rock.
By Ms. Rose places it down on the ground.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why do many of the fossils found by Mary and Tray look like seashells?
The fossils are found around their bedroom.
The fossils are found near the beach.
The fossils are all found in the garbage.
The fossils are found around the classroom
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why couldn't the adults figure out what the bones were?
Because they all looked like chicken bones
Because they looks like a dogs bone.
because they looks like dirt.
Because they have never seen anything like this before.
- 8. Multiple Choice
How does the text explain what an ichthyosaur is?
It explains it is a dinosaur with fins.
It looks like a fish from the deep blue sea.
It looks like a sea horse.
It looks like a dog with a large tale.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why do the strangers come to Lyme Regis?
They want to collect seashells.
They want to have a BBQ.
They want to look for fossils too.
They want to have a family vacation.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Look at pages 430-431. What details does the author include about the strangers?
They are all wearing jeans and sneakers.
They are in their bathing suites waiting to go for a swim.
The people are waiting to see baby sea turtles.
They are wearing top hats and frilly bonnets; they carry parasols.
- 11. Multiple Choice
How do you know that the strangers will probably have trouble finding fossils?
Mary and Tray removed all of the fossils from the beach before the strangers got there?
Mary shakes her heads and calls the strangers silly. She tells Tray that the strangers are wearing the wrong kind of shoes, and they are not using the right tools.
Ms. Millan and Ms. Rose replaced all of the fossils with chicken bones all around the beach.
Peyton and Adam went on vacation and collected seashell to throw around the beach to try and recreate more fossils for people to find laying around the beach.
- 12. Multiple Choice
How should a fossil hunter dress?
The person should wear sensible clothes and carry the proper tools.
The fossil hunters should all have a bag pack with water and clean socks.
A fossil hunter should eat a healthy breakfast before going out and looking for fossils.
They should always be on time to school so they can get there morning work done on time.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Why would Mr. Buckland want to see the exact place where Mary and Tray found the ichthyosaur?
Because he thinks that he would find a Mc Donald's around the area.
Because he likes to eat rice and beans
He may hope to study the area and find more dinosaur bones there.
Because he wants to find some chocolate chip cookies for his family.
- 14. Multiple Choice
What does Tray do to make Mr. Buckland think he is intelligent?
He finds the exact place where the ichthyosaur was discovered.
He was able to find a nice Italian restaurant.
He knows how to find the nearest mall to go shopping.
He knows how to dress correctly to find fossils near the area.
- 15. Multiple Choice
How do the two smaller words that make up the word backbone help you to figure out what the larger word means?
They found the dinosaurs neck.
The tail was put together before any other part of the dinosaurs body.
The two smaller words, back and bone, tell me that they have found a bone that was a part of the dinosaur's back.
They found a new pair of shoes first.
- 16. Multiple Choice
How does the photo on page 436 help you understand the creature the author is describing?
I can tell that this story is made up.
I can tell all my friends and family what I found along the beach.
I can tell what the bat-like wings and long jaw look like. I can see that it does look like a lizard.
I will like to share my findings with my mom and dad.
- 17. Multiple Choice
What does the picture show?
A skeleton of an animal that looks like a bat.
It looks like a picture of a dog.
Why does the dog and cat not get along.
It looks more that a human skeleton.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Why did Mr. Buckland bring Mary books about dinosaurs?
He saw that Mary had a good mind for science and that she was very interested in dinosaurs.
He saw that Mary had a little sister.
He knew that the dog was lonely and needed a friend.
He knew that science was Mary's favorite subject.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Why is Mary Anning famous?
Because she knew how to make her bed.
She found fossils, and scientists came to her for fossils.
Because she knew the difference between chocolate cake and strawberry cake.
Her birthday was the same day she found her first fossil.
- 20. Multiple Choice
Why does the painting of Mary Anning show her holding a chisel and a basket?
To remind people that she was a great cook.
To show people that she was the youngest sibling.
To remind people that she was famous fossil collector.
To show everyone that she was the only girl in her family.
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