The Dog That Dug for Dinosaurs

The Dog That Dug for Dinosaurs

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What is the genre of the selection " The Dog That Dug for Dinosaurs" ?

• Realistic Fiction

• biography

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Which sentence about Mary is a FACT?

• Mary sold fossils to tourists.

• Mary was an interesting person.

• Mary’s fossils were great souvenirs.

• Mary was smarter than most people in town.

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What happened AFTER Mary and Tray found giant rib bones in the side of the cliff?

• Mary sold the rib bones in her shop.

• The people from town hid the bones.

• A rich man bought the bones for a museum.

• A scientist told Mary they were crocodile bones.

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How does the author let readers know that the bones in the cliff were an important discovery?

• She explains that the bones made Tray bark and growl.

• She explains that more tourists started buying shells from Mary.

• She explains that curious scientists started coming to Lyme Regis.

• She explains that the people from town had never seen the bones before.

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What was Mary’s OPINION of the strangers who came to Lyme Regis after she found the fish lizard fossil?

• They were silly.

• They were grown-ups.

• They wanted to hunt fossils.

• They were from out of town.

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What did Tray do that made Mr. Buckland think the dog was smart?

• found a fossil every time he started digging

• wagged his tail whenever he found something

• barked an answer when the man asked a question

• led him to the exact spot where the fossil had been

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What does the author suggest is the reason that Mary and Mr. Buckland became friends?

• They both enjoyed training dogs.

• They both liked walking on the beach.

• They both loved learning about dinosaurs.

• They both enjoyed selling shells and fossils.

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exact means

• found out something that you didn't know before

• take something out or take it away

• something is completely correct

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The dog ................ and barked as it dug up the old bone.

• growled

• explained

• souvenirs