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What does "shrine" mean?
typhoon
type of fish
place of worship
ocean
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.
What's the purpose of the story?
To entertain
To inform
To stop polluting
All the above
Which of the following fall out of the sky?
A pebble
A boy
A shout
A pebble and a shout
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.
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.
What company does the concessionaire establish?
A gigantic factory
A marketing company
A pharmaceutical (medicine) company
A hole-filling company
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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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