Ready Text Lesson 2 Living in the Clouds RI2 Main idea & Details

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of the entire passage?

• The Incas raise sheep, llamas, and other animals.

• The Incas make beautiful handmade crafts.

• The Incas are working to protect the Manu rain forest.

• The Incas live high in the Andes Mountains of Peru.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence best states the main idea of the section

“Mountain Farming”?

• The Inca people have lived in the Andes Mountains for over

  500 years.

• Farming is hard work in the Andes.

• A number of different crops are grown in the mountains.

• Llamas are used to carry heavy loads through the mountains.

Multiple Select

Which two sentences from the passage best support your answer

to Part A?

• “The Andes are very high mountains in South America."

• “The mountainsides make farming difficult.”

• “The Incas raise sheep, llamas, guinea pigs, and alpacas."

• “Beautiful handmade objects come from Peru.”

• "So they cut giant steps into the mountains.”

Multiple Choice

Which sentence states the main idea of paragraph 3?

• “The Incas raise sheep, llamas, guinea pigs, and alpacas."

• “Llamas were important to the Inca people 500 years ago and

  still are today.”

• “The farmers use them to carry heavy loads through the

  mountains.”

• “The animals [llamas] are very surefooted.”

Multiple Choice

How do the key details in paragraph 4 support its main idea?

• They describe different objects that are made.

• They describe how sheep and alpaca wool is used.

• They explain how wool is made into thread and yarn.

• They describe what spinners and weavers do.

Multiple Choice

Read this sentence from paragraph 5 of the passage.

It is worth sore legs to see the ruins of this beautiful Inca city.

What does ruins mean in this context?

• a place that has been destroyed

• stones used to pave roads

• what is left of old buildings

• objects that were once used

Multiple Choice

Reread paragraph 6.

Peru is also home to beautiful Manu. Manu is one of the

world’s great rain forests. But too many of the trees there were

being cut down. Some people are trying to stop more damage

from happening. One reason is that rain forests are home to

animals and plants that do not live anywhere else.

Which sentence best describes the main idea of the paragraph?

• There are several great rain forests in the world.

• Many animals and plants live in the rain forest.

• The rain forest needs to be protected.

• Tourists visit the rain forest.

Multiple Select

Underline two key details in the paragraph that best support your

answer for Part A.

Peru is also home to beautiful Manu. Manu is one of the

world’s great rain forests. But too many of the trees there were

being cut down. Some people are trying to stop more damage

from happening. One reason is that rain forests are home to

animals and plants that do not live anywhere else.

• Peru is also home to beautiful Manu.

• Manu is one of the

  world’s great rain forests.

• But too many of the trees there were

  being cut down.

• Some people are trying to stop more damage

  from happening.

• One reason is that rain forests are home to

  animals and plants that do not live anywhere else.