DOL Paired Text "Mysterious Marfa Lights" & "Marfa Lights"

(7) Which statement could be supported by both the poem and the nonfiction selection?

• The Marfa lights are a real occurrence in nature.

• Car lights along a road are the source of the Marfa lights.

• The Marfa lights have been the subject of scientific studies.

• The only people who believe in the Marfa lights are those who have seen them.

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(8) One difference between the nonfiction selection and the poem is that the nonfiction selection suggest that-

• The Marfa lights move in predictable patterns

• Scientific studies help explain the Marfa lights

• Not everyone can see the true Marfa lights

• The Marfa lights are not white in color

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(9) How are the descriptions of the light in the selection "The Mysterious Marfa Lights" and the poem "The Marfa Lights" similar?

• Both descriptions of the lights note that they shine on the roadside cattle.

• Both descriptions of the lights link them to Apache legends.

• Both descriptions say that the lights are famous worldwide.

• Both descriptions of the lights focus on their appearance at night.

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(10) Which statement from the selection could be supported by the narrative of the poem?

• If you ever find yourself in far West Texas near the town of Marfa at night, you may see some strange lights in the sky.

• People have reported seeing these lights for over a hundred years.

• To this day, no one has been able to prove conclusively what the source of all lights is.

• Some people think the lights are ghosts wandering the West Teas desert.

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(11) Information in both the nonfiction selection and the poem suggests that-

• the Marfa lights show the presence of ghosts along the highway

• many people have seen the Marfa lights over the last two hundred years

• people have to come up with many stories and explanations for the Marfa lights

• people create stories to explain the Marfa lights

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(12) Both the nonfiction selection and the poem suggest a feeling of -

• wonder

• disbelief

• frustration

• disappointment

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