Little Miss Flint, Mari Copeny

What is an activist?

• A. someone who works to change the world

• B. someone who wants to keep everything the same

• C. someone who cares about animals and plants

Mari Copeny wrote a letter to the president about the water problems in Flint, Michigan. What effect did this letter have?

• A. The letter caused people in Flint to get angry with Mari.

• B. The letter caused the water to immediately get better.

• C. The letter caused the president to visit Flint.

Read the following sentences from the text. "Many people across the country heard about [the president's] visit. They realized that Flint's local government was not fixing the problem. Many people started donating money to help Mari's community." What can you conclude about Mari's activism based on this information?

• A. Mari's activism helped people around the country learn about the problems in her town.

• B. Mari's activism was mostly just about the people in her town, so she didn't care if other people knew about the water problems.

• C. Mari's activism ended after she wrote a letter to the president and he visited her town.

What is this text mostly about?

• A. different towns around the country with water problems

• B. the president's role in making laws in Michigan

• C. Mari Copeny's activism for clean water in her town

What did Mari raise thousands of dollars for in Flint?

• a new playground

• sports supplies for her community

• bottled water and water filters

She wants to be ______________ when she grows up

• soccer player

• president

• teacher

How old was Mari when she realized the water in her town was not good to drink.

• she was nine years old

• she was eight years old

• she was ten years old

• she was two years old