Bug Bites Exit Ticket (RI.1, RI.2, RI.8)

Why does the author compare eating grasshoppers with eating hamburgers?

• to show that grasshoppers are better tasting than hamburgers

• to show that grasshoppers are less expensive than hamburgers

• to show that grasshoppers are more healthful than hamburgers

• to show that grasshoppers are easier to prepare than hamburgers

What did biologist David George Gordon do to be mentioned in the passage?

• He wrote a cookbook containing insect recipes.

• He developed ways of farming insects for food.

• He suggested that astronauts in space eat insects.

• He studied insects that are never eaten by humans.

Why does the author most likely mention honey in the passage?

• to show that foods from insects taste better than other foods

• to show that we already eat foods that come from insects

• to show that many parts of insects are good to eat

• to show that foods from insects are easy to gather

With which statement is the author most likely to agree?

• People should be willing to try new foods.

• People should eat only foods that they’ve always eaten.

• People should add bugs to the long list of forbidden foods

• People should avoid eating bugs as a part of their daily diets.

In the “Future Food” section, the author states that some people are squeamish when it comes to bugs. What does squeamish mean?

• curious about

• excited about

• frightened by

• disgusted by