Hey, come on out!/Tiny Plastic-Big Problem

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does "shrine" mean?

typhoon

type of fish

place of worship

ocean

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

In what way might the hole affect the towns future?

It will not affect it at all.

It will blow the town up.

The town will see everything that has been thrown .

The hole will just be closed.

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What's the purpose of the story?

To entertain

To inform

To stop polluting

All the above

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following fall out of the sky?

A pebble

A boy

A shout

A pebble and a shout

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How does the villagers’ discovery change their lives?

They can dispose anything they want and nobody will know about it.

The village became famous.

They found a deep buried treasure.

They suddenly had more crops than before.

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How does the concessionaire convince the villagers and the mayor to give him the hole?

He will give them gold in return.

He will build another shrine.

He will hire the villagers in his company.

He will make the mayor famous.

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What company does the concessionaire establish?

A gigantic factory

A marketing company

A pharmaceutical (medicine) company

A hole-filling company

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What was the concessionaire proud of?

That the hole is deep and bottomless.

That he was making the villagers happy.

That he became popular in the village

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

At the end of the story, why does the workman look up to the sky?

He saw an airplane.

A storm was coming.

He heard a voice shout "He--y come on ou--t!"

He saw a shooting star.

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the theme of the story?

Don't judge a book by its cover.

What goes round comes round.

Always be kind.

You don't know what you've got till it's gone.

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does the scientist do when he inspected the hole?

He was sure of the hole's depth.

He pretended to know what it was.

He panicked in front of everyone.

He asked for help from other scientists.

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why does the scientist want to fill in the hole?

He wanted the villagers to stop nagging him.

He thought it was a great idea.

He felt it was safer to get rid of it.

He wanted to clean the village.

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What happens to most plastic waste over time?

It gets recycled and reused.

It gets torn into little pieces that spread.

It eventually breaks down into soil.

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The plastic in the ocean ...

is broken down completely by the saltwater

can easily be picked up and moved

is hard to track because it moves, and some of it sinks

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What did scientists find out about plastic in the ocean?

The smaller pieces of plastic were missing.

Most plastic has washed ashore and can be collected.

The ocean has ways to naturally recycle plastic.

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

When animals eat plastic ...

they do not eat the foods they need to reproduce and survive

they can easily get rid of the plastic, so it has no effect

they begin to rely on plastic as a food source

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How do pollutants add to the problem of plastic in the ocean?

Pollutants stop predators from eating prey that have consumed plastic, unbalancing the food chain.

Pollutants are repelled by plastics.

Pollutants are drawn to plastics and harm the animals that have eaten them.

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the best way to limit the harmful effects of plastics?

Find a way to recycle styrofoam.

Use and throw away less plastic.

Invent a gadget that can find small plastic pieces.

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