Point of view, main idea, evidence and supporting details.

Which sentence from the selection supports the author's statement that "Hershey was a generous man"?

• "Hershey had a limited education."
• "He sold the caramel company."
• "Today Hershey has a famous hotel, a stadium, a zoo, and a medical center."
• "This led him to leave his enormous fortune to the school."

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Which sentence from the selection supports the claim made in the title, "The Sweetest Place on Earth"?

• "He sold the caramel company and used the money to build his dream."
• "This led to even more growth for the town of Hershey."
• "Now it makes Hershey's kisses, Hershey's syrup, and many other kinds of candy."
• "He made sure the money he left behind would improve as many lives as possible."

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Which sentence from the selection supports the claim that "Milton Hershey had a great idea"?

• "Hershey had a limited education, but he did learn how to make candy."
• "It was a place for the families to have fun and relax."
• "Hersheypark had rides, a pool, and a ballroom."
• "It is the largest candy factory in the U.S."

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Which statement from the passage shows why Milton Hershey left his enormous fortune to the school?

• "Hershey had a limited education."
• "He sold the caramel company and used the money to buy his dream."
• "This led to even more growth for the town of Hershey."
• "Unfortunately, his wife died young."

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What sentence best provides evidence to show that orangutans are endangered?

• Orangutans' natural enemies include tigers, leopards, wild dogs, and crocodiles.

• But the main threat to orangutans are humans, who destroy the orangutan's habitat.

• The orangutan population in Sumatra has dropped 80% in the past 75 years.

• If humans continue to do this, the only orangutans left will be those that live in zoos.

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Which sentence provides evidence to support the idea that time capsules are of little value to historians?

• They are filled with artifacts from the time they were buried, such as letters, toys, clothes, and photographs.

• They are meant to be dug up and opened at a future date, usually one hundred years in the future.

• It contained a 15-minute newsreel of the day's events, as well as a microscope, seeds, and other everyday items.

• However, they usually seem to contain the "latest" technology and consumer goods, things that don't tell us very much about the people who put them there.

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What evidence does the author provide to support the idea that orangutans are intelligent?

• They build nest quickly

• They are endangered

• They sleep up in the trees

• They use tools to get food

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What is the purpose of point of view?

• to let the characters know what the reader can see or hear
• to express the character's thoughts and allow the reader to see and hear the story in different ways
• to let the reader know what the author knows about a story
• to express the author's thoughts and feelings and allow the reader to know what the character's know

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How can you know that something is written in first person point of view?

• pronouns like I, my and him are used
• the author is addressing the reader
• the narrator is not in the story
• pronouns like I, my and we are used

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What is second person point of view?

• the author addresses the character in the story
• the author addresses the reader
• the narrator is a character
• the second character introduced is the narrator

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