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What are the trained honeybees outfitted with?

• portable radios

• little helmets

• tiny harnesses

• safety vests

The passage describes how the scientists are training honeybees to solve a problem. What problem are they trying to solve?

• Many U.S. farmers can’t make enough honey.

• Military scientists need to find a way to make sugar.

• U.S. troops need help detecting explosives.

• U.S. soldiers are running out of dynamite and bombs.

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After reading the passage, what can you conclude about honeybees?

• They don’t like the taste of sugar.

• They have a great sense of smell.

• They really enjoy helping people.

• They can be trained to do anything.

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Read this sentence from the passage:

“The bees can detect a car bomb 10 feet away!”

In this sentence, the word detect means

• teach

• find

• cover

• break

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Which statement best describes the main idea of this passage?

• All honeybees naturally react to the smell of sugar water.

• Some military scientists work at the Stealthy Insect Sensor Project.

• The U.S. government trained honeybees to detect explosives.

• Bees use their sense of smell to communicate with one another.

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The question below is an incomplete sentence.

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

A honeybee sticks out its proboscis _________ it feeds on nectar.

• however

• when

• but

• finally

After training, scientists use bees to sniff explosives for a period of

• a week.

• two days.

• four days.

• a month.

Why do the bees stick out their tubes to smell explosives even if there is no sugar water?

• They have learned to drink explosives.

• They associate the two smells.

• They think it is food.

• They are using the explosives to find nectar.

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Why would using bees be an advantage in a military situation?

• Bees are not noisy.

• Bees can detect explosives as far away as ten feet.

• Bees are small and would not attract attention.

• All of the above.

What does “Bees are smelling machines,” mean?

• Bees are like humans because they also have a sense smell.

• Trained bees warn of danger as dependably as machines.

• A new machine has been developed.

• Bees use their sense of smell to find a machine.

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