Shree Bose: Never Too Young to Change the World By Amanda Sperber

Which of the following best explains why Shree Bose attempted to turn spinach blue?

• She had to do it for a first-grade science project.

• She wanted to make eating spinach more fun for her grandfather, whose favorite color was blue.

• She has always hated the color green.

• She was curious about whether her reaction to eating spinach would change if the color was different.

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The following passage (paragraphs 5-6) mainly shows that ______________.

Shree returned to the United States and started reading everything she could get her hands on about cancer. She looked at everything from cancer survivors’ blog posts to research journals published by scientists. She watched hours of YouTube videos. “I found myself really loving being able to imagine what was going on within cells,” she recalls.

Shree had never studied cancer before. She emailed dozens of professors around Fort Worth to ask about studying in one of their labs. She just wanted a chance to experiment and learn. They all told her she was too young. “I got rejected by a lot of professors before I found one person who was willing to take me on,” she says.

• Shree became interested in cancer rather suddenly.

• Shree has a streak of determination and an eagerness to learn that convinced a professor to teach her, despite her lack of experience and previous knowledge.

• Shree finds it more fun to learn from YouTube videos and blog posts than studying in a laboratory.

• Shree felt discouraged because of the many professors who rejected her.

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What is most closely the correct definition of posed as it is used in the first paragraph of the text?

When she was 15, Shree Bose traveled from her home in Fort Worth, Texas, to visit her grandfather in India. He was dying of cancer. Shree had been close to her grandfather even though she lived far away. “While I think the barrier of living on the other side of the world definitely posed a challenge to being able to talk as often as we would have liked, my grandfather was close to both my brother and me," Shree says. “He would visit when we were younger, and when we got a bit older and would travel to India, he would sit and talk with us for hours.”

• verb | to have presented or caused a problem, danger, or difficulty

• verb | to have taken on a particular attitude or position to be photographed, painted, or drawn

• verb | to have raised a question or matter for discussion

• verb | to have pretended to be someone or something

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The following passage (paragraph 8) mainly shows that _____________.

Under Dr. Basu’s supervision Shree started research on counteracting resistance to the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, which is given to women with ovarian cancer. She also discovered a unique platform to share her research in 2011, the first year of the Google Science Fair. “They actually had a little banner ad [on the Google homepage],” she recalls. “And I remember I didn’t think too much about it until my dad mentioned it to me again.”

• Shree Bose is more concerned about awards than helping people

• Shree Bose was already intent on her work to help cancer patients when she found out about the Google Science Fair

• Shree Bose decided that the best way to show her research was in the Google Science Fair

• Shree Bose found her opportunity to research helping cancer patients with the Google Science Fair

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Which of the following inferences about Shree Bose is best supported by the text?

• She is very compassionate and wants to help others.

• She is often overwhelmed by her role as a female mentor.

• She is only interested in medical science.

• She was only interested in science to win competitions like the Google Science Fair.

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Which passage from the text best supports:

"She is very compassionate and wants to help others."

• “‘I think any societal barriers to that pioneering spirit, whether gender or otherwise, puts the world at a disadvantage, since there are so many more discoveries waiting to be made,’ Shree says.”

• “Although she was young and inexperienced, Shree won over Dr. Basu with her energy and passion for learning. ‘What I find most exciting is your enthusiasm,’ Shree says Dr. Basu told her. ‘And if you keep that while working in my lab, I’ll take you.’”

• “In Kolkata, a city in eastern India, Shree sat with her grandfather, and, seeing his discomfort, realized her purpose in life: she wanted to fight vicious diseases like cancer. She wanted to play a role in relieving people’s pain.”

• “Shree knew engineering could be interesting and fun, but she didn’t have a way to show that to the students she mentored. So, once again, after defining a problem, Shree Bose came up with a solution.”

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Which of the following best explains why Shree Bose is such an important role model?

• Shree Bose always finds the best ways to mentor and help her fellow students, inspiring them to do better work.

• Shree Bose is currently an activist against the gender imbalance in the STEM field workforce.

• There are a lot of women in STEM fields, but not many bring as much youthful enthusiasm to the industry as Shree Bose.

• Shree Bose is an inspiring and capable woman in STEM, an industry that is traditionally geared toward men and has fewer female mentors for girls.

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Which passage from the text best supports:

" Shree Bose is an inspiring and capable woman in STEM, an industry that is traditionally geared toward men and has fewer female mentors for girls."

• “Because there are fewer women in STEM now, there are fewer female mentors for girls and young women interested in STEM. When girls don’t see women in the field, they may assume STEM is not for them, either. ‘I have been fortunate to have some incredible female mentors and role models, and I think that their examples have taught me to think in innovative ways and push the boundaries of scientific inquiry,’ Shree says.”

• “And, of course, she later became a Google Science Fair champion. Winning that competition changed Shree’s life. She met President Barack Obama. Glamour magazine named her one of its ‘21 Amazing Young Women of the Year’. She received emails from all around the country from cancer patients and their family members."

• “After winning the Google Science Fair in 2011, Shree enrolled at Harvard University. At Harvard, she mentored young people. They often asked how she got started in STEM. She would tell them about doing research, finding Dr. Basu, and getting involved in a lab for hands-on experience.”

• “Shree believes STEM fields would benefit from having more women involved. As she says, ‘I think it’s absolutely essential for women to be in STEM, not just because of the obvious reasons that we can be and equality is good for society, but also because women have unique perspectives and experiences that can inform new ways of approaching scientific problems.’”

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What happened FIRST in Shree Bose’s life:

• Shree Bose and two of her colleagues built Piper to help students become interested in engineering.

• Shree Bose convinced Dr. Basu to take her on as an eager student.

• Shree Bose’s grandfather passed away because of cancer.

• Shree Bose won the 2011 Google Science Fair.

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What happened SECOND in Shree Bose's life?

• Shree Bose’s grandfather passed away because of cancer.

• Shree Bose and two of her colleagues built Piper to help students become interested in engineering.

• Shree Bose won the 2011 Google Science Fair.

• Shree Bose convinced Dr. Basu to take her on as an eager student.

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