Author's Viewpoint in Bone Detective Lesson #2 Practice Quiz
Authored by Erica Parrott
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5th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which detail from "Bone Detective" best illustrates Diane France’s firm belief in revealing the truth of past events?
She looks for gunshot wounds in the skull of a possible criminal.
She is hired to make casts of Civil War soldiers.
She wants to display casts of soldiers’ remains in a museum.
She is hired to make plastic casts for archaeologists.
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.8
CCSS.RI.5.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which quotation from "Bone Detective" best shows that Diane France is very clever?
“If people want to really learn about the soldiers,” she said, “you have to show the bones.”
What an impossibly beautiful animal, Diane thought.
This, she decided, was one of the coolest things I have ever done.
“This guy smoked a pipe,” she explained. “He started on one side and then, when the pipe ground down the teeth, he had to switch to the other.”
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CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.W.5.9A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Read the excerpt from "Bone Detective."
Diane stood in front of a mirror and stuck out her tongue. It looked like a rosy pink welcome mat to her delicate insides. Her usual rubber mold formula was out of the question—too toxic. She wondered, What is safe to swallow, fast and easy to apply, and hardens quickly into a firm mold?
One of her horse-riding pals, a veterinarian named Mary Wright, had the answer: alginate. Mary told Diane that alginate was a pink gummy material used to make molds of teeth. If it was safe for pets, it should be safe for a tiger.
And people, too, Diane thought.
At her lab she mixed the alginate powder with water to form a paste. Standing in front of a mirror, she scooped up a blob and spread it on her tongue. She pressed it down with her fingers to get out any air bubbles. Not bad, she thought. Tastes just like spearmint. She decided to make an extra-thick mold to make it easier to peel off. So, she added another gloopy blog—and another.
With her thickened tongue hanging out, Diane padded around the lab doing odds and ends while the material set. After about 10 minutes, she peeled off the alginate slowly and carefully. It was fragile—bendable and easy to tear—but it made an excellent impression of her tongue.
Which action in the excerpt illustrates that Diane is dedicated to her work?
She makes a mold of her own tongue.
She performs odd jobs around the lab.
She stands in front of the mirror.
She goes horseback riding with a friend.
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.W.5.9A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which excerpt from "Bone Detective" best shows that Diane France is recognized as an expert in her line of work?
But, once again, she was able to produce an amazingly detailed impression.
People hired her to make plastic casts of historic bones for a range of reasons.
Starting in the early 1990s, Diane opened her casting lab door to a parade of dead but colorful characters from history.
Archaeologists and other anthropologists could continue to study the casts after reburying the remains.
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.8
CCSS.W.5.9A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which line from "Bone Detective" best shows that Diane enjoys the challenges of being a forensic anthropologist?
Diane’s favorite “casting character” of all time wasn’t dead, famous, or even human.
Unofficially, no physical anthropologist could resist examining bone for clues to a person’s life.
Scientists will likely be investigating the answers for years to come, thanks in part to Diane’s casts.
One summer day in 1995, Diane stared into the empty eye sockets of Jesse James, the notorious American outlaw.
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RL.5.2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Read the excerpt from "Bone Detective," by Lorraine Jean Hopping.
The Hunley recovery team planned to display Diane’s casts in a museum that was about to be built. But did the casts belong in a public exhibit? Some people objected to displaying soldiers' remains—even though they were plastic replicas. Diane saw nothing wrong with it. In fact, she had no qualms about showing the real bones.
"If people want to really learn about the soldiers,” she said, "you have to show the bones. The bone is a record of a person’s life, especially the last part—the circumstances of death.”
How and why did the Hunley sink? What can we learn about the lives—and deaths—of its ill-fated crew? Scientists will likely be investigating the answers for years to come, thanks in part to Diane’s casts.
What is the author's viewpoint in this excerpt?
The author disagrees with Diane France and her decision to show the soldiers' bones at a museum.
The author appreciates Diane France for helping scientists by making casts of the soldiers' bones.
The author believes that Diane France should have done more to help the scientists understand the Hunley submarine.
The author hopes Diane will use her skills on military intelligence missions in the future.
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CCSS.RI.5.8
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Read the excerpt from "Bone Detective," by Lorraine Jean Hopping.
Diane pointed to an area of reactive bone on the femur. Reactive bone is a rough patch where there was an injury—heavy bruising from a bullet, for example. The injury stimulates osteoblasts to grow new bone. On Dixon’s skeleton the reactive bone was near the hip joint, right at pocket height.
The Hunley recovery team planned to display Diane’s casts in a museum that was about to be built. But did the casts belong in a public exhibit? Some people objected to displaying soldiers' remains—even though they were plastic replicas. Diane saw nothing wrong with it. In fact, she had no qualms about showing the real bones.
"If people want to really learn about the soldiers,” she said, "you have to show the bones. The bone is a record of a person’s life, especially the last part—the circumstances of death.”
How and why did the Hunley sink? What can we learn about the lives—and deaths—of its ill-fated crew? Scientists will likely be investigating the answers for years to come, thanks in part to Diane’s casts.
Which line from the excerpt expresses a subjective viewpoint by the author?
Scientists will likely be investigating the answers for years to come, thanks in part to Diane’s casts.
Diane pointed to an area of reactive bone on the femur.
On Dixon’s skeleton the reactive bone was near the hip joint, right at pocket height.
The Hunley recovery team planned to display Diane’s casts in a museum that was about to be built.
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RI.5.1
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