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The Foot Race Across America

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  • 1. Multiple Choice
    15 minutes
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    Which sentence from the article supports the MAIN idea that Andy loved to run?

    "He ran five miles to school."

    "He graduated from high school in 1927."

    "Andy, now age twenty, went to Los Angeles, California."

    "One day, he read an ad in a newspaper that would change his life."

  • 2. Multiple Choice
    15 minutes
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    What MAIN idea from the article is supported by the sentence below?

    There were dance marathons, six-day bicycle races, even people setting records for sitting on flagpoles.

    "Andy Payne was excited."

    "The 1920s were already known for crazy contests."

    "The winner would receive twenty-five thousand dollars!"

    "The prize money would help his parents pay for him to farm"

  • 3. Multiple Choice
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    Who were the runners competing against Andy?

    people from the United States

    People from Finland and Switzerland

    many different types of people from many countries

    mostly sixteen-year-olds and some sixty-three-year-olds

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