Happy New Year Comprehension

The genre for "Happy New Year" is

• expository test

• fantasy

• realistic fiction

• narrative nonfiction

In the United States, New Year's Eve is celebrated on December 31st

• True

• False

Chinese New Year lasts about _____ days.

• 10

• 1

• 15

• 100

Red clothing is worn at Chinese New Year for:

• happiness and love

• good luck

• sacred symbol

• to scare the dragons

The Lantern Festival is the _____ day of the Chinese New Year.

• first

• tenth

• 100th

• last

What was the narrators favorite part of the New Year's celebration in the United States?

• music

• fireworks

• the lion dance

• face painting

Authors can only have one purpose for writing a selection.

• true

• false

What was the author's purpose for writing this selection?

• to persuade

• to inform

• to entertain

• to entertain and inform