"The Search for Bigfoot" Quiz

The idea of Bigfoot mostly came from...

• the creature Robert Hatfield saw

• stories passed from person to person

• a newspaper article

• fur and scat found in the woods

What does the word hoax mean in the quote “Are the tracks a human hoax”?

• a fact

• a clue

• a trick

• a discovery

How is the section “Fake Footprints” different from “Looking for Proof”?

• It is more critical of claims people have made.

• It shares more evidence that Bigfoot exists.

• It describes animals from legends that turned out to be real.

• It tells how the legend of Bigfoot began.

Scientists rely on evidence because it is...

• something that makes people believe something is real.

• a trick.

• footprints, fur, and scat.

• information that proves something is real.

___________ are stories from the past that are passed from person to person.

• Bigfoot

• Legends

• Rumors

• Fairy tales

Which was NOT a clue that led people to believe in Bigfoot?

• footprints

• strange noises

• secret messages

• fur and scat

What evidence supports the idea that Bigfoot is probably NOT real?

• Most animal experts do not believe in Bigfoot.

• Some people claim to have caught Bigfoot on film.

• Scientists believe many new animal species exist.

• Many people found clumps of fur in the woods.

Some people think Bigfoot is only a rumor because...

• it is a story that may not be true.

• it is a hoax.

• it has been passed down from person to person for a long time.

• Bigfoot looks like a bear.

A tall tale is...

• information that proves something is real.

• the mythical creatures of the giant squid and the okapi.

• a dramatic, made-up story that is hard to believe.

• a very tall story.

Which phrase from the story supports the idea that Bigfoot is a hoax?

• “Now he had a perfect copy of the footprint to prove what he was saying was true.”

• “. . . are they the actual marks of a huge but harmless wild man traveling through the wilderness?”

• “Years later, two brothers admitted to planting the footprints as a joke.”

• “. . . new species of animals are constantly being discovered.”