Yeti Hunt

What is the main idea of the story?

• The Sherpa tell stories of a creature that lives in the Himalayan mountains.

• Explorers search for the yeti but came to believe it wasn't real.

• Sherpa people believed that the yeti artifacts brought good luck.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

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What did zoologists suspect about the yeti hide?

• It was a the fur of a goat-like animal

• It was the fur of a blue bear

• It was the fur of a yeti.

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Yetis are real.

• True

• False

• No one knows for sure.

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What does, "elusive" mean?

• The skin of an animal

• Scary and Hairy

• Difficult to find

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Why did the explorers think the yeti was not real?

• The artifacts seemed to be made from the fur of a bear or goat.

• The artifacts were hundreds of years old.

• The artifacts belonged to the Sherpa people.

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What does "convinced" mean?

• Certain about something

• Difficult to find

• Confused

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CCSS.RL.6.4

What word means "ground?"

• Route

• Hide

• Terrain

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Yetis are small ape-like creatures

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What explorer led a team to find the yeti in 1960?

• The Sherpa

• Edmund Hillary

• Soapy

Where did the explorers look for the yeti?

• The Himalayan mountains

• Mount Everest

• The United States

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CCSS.RL.4.2

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