One Giant Paper Airplane

Which section provides information about the rules of the contest?

• The Great Paper Airplane Fly-Off

• Arturo’s Desert Eagle

• The Museum Display

• Ken Blackburn’s Simple Paper Airplane

Which of these is a synonym for the word scattered in paragraph 7?

• Found

• Buried

• Carried

• Spread

What is the best summary of the section titled “Arturo’s Desert Eagle”?

• A team built a giant paper airplane. It could fly higher and farther than a small paper airplane. A helicopter was used to release the giant paper airplane into the air.

• Arturo Valdenegro won the paper airplane contest after several rounds of competition. He worked with experts at the museum to build a giant paper airplane. It was called Arturo’s Desert Eagle.

• After the contest a team built a giant paper airplane. It was based on the design of the winning paper airplane. A helicopter released the paper airplane into the air. After a short flight the paper airplane crashed into the desert.

• A boy named Arturo Valdenegro won a paper airplane contest. Winning the contest meant that his airplane design would be used to build a giant paper airplane. The giant paper airplane was called Arturo’s Desert Eagle.

The photographs included in the section titled “Ken Blackburn’s Simple Paper Airplane” help the reader —

• choose the best design for a paper airplane

• understand the steps for making a paper airplane

• understand how a paper airplane should be thrown

• select the best kind of paper for making a paper airplane

One reason the Pima Air and Space Museum has a paper airplane contest is to —

• give people a reason to visit the museum

• teach children how to make objects out of paper

• show visitors that there are different kinds of airplanes

• encourage children to become more interested in science

Which sentence from the selection is best supported by the photograph next to paragraph 7?

• The goal of the contest is to help children learn more about how airplanes flyand to encourage them to explore science and inventing.

• At 800 pounds this plane was too heavy to throw like a typical paper airplane.

• During its short flight the plane reached a speed of 98 miles per hour.

• The museum plans to continue offering its paper airplane contest to young scientists.

What happened to Arturo’s Desert Eagleat the end of its flight?

• It broke into pieces.

• It got stuck in the sand.

• It was carried away by a helicopter.

• It was rebuilt to inspire other children.

How is the paper airplane in “Ken Blackburn’s Simple Paper Airplane” different from the paper airplane Arturo made in the contest?

• It has staples..

• It uses paper clips.

• It is folded many times.

• It uses one piece of paper

Arturo won the paper airplane contest because his plane —

• flew the greatest distance

• reached the fastest speed

• had the most original design

• had the fewest number of folds