Shining Star Unit 2 Part 1 test

Find the missing word. Stephen Hawking is ...

• usual.

• a student.

• has a disability.

• is an astronaut.

Find the missing words. Rosa Parks, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Erik Weihenmayer, and Helen Keller are...

• song writers

• ancient people

• common people

• extraordinary people.

It is --- for a child of five to write a song.

• not

• unusual

• usual

• easy

An --- does not do as well in school as he or she should.

• explorer

• achiever

• computer

• underachiever

An --- person is not able to do a certain task or job.

• usual

• incapable

• interesting

• extraordinary

Mozart had an --- childhood, traveling around Europe and performing concerts.

• usual

• uncommon

• incapable

• average

How did Rosa Parks help end segregation?

• She rode back home in a bus.

• She drove a bus during a boycott.

• She would not five her bus seat to a white passenger.

• She sat in the section of the bus for African Americans.

How did Helen Keller later deal with losing her sight and hearing?

• She asked other people to do everything for her.

• She stopped trying to communicate with people.

• She just sat in her house all day without any friends.

• She found other ways to communicate with people.

When Albert Einstein was a child, people thought he was ---.

• a genius

• not especially smart.

• a kind person.

• a fast learner.

What is one way all the people in the passage are alike?

• They are unusual children.

• They were born with disabilities.

• They liked to explore new places.

• They did something difficult or amazing.