Grade 8 Reading Comprehension

Which of the following gives the main idea of the first paragraph?

• Organ music is church or religious music.

• Angel music out of the bamboos has been with us for a long time.

• The marvelous Las Piñas Bamboo Organ is a national treasure.

• The organ was completed in 1824.

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CCSS.RI.8.2

Who started the work on the Las Piñas Bamboo Organ?

• Diego Cera

• Mark Lesage

• TLeo Rainer

• Mozart

Why is organ music described as the music of angels?

• Because the songs sound like angel voices.

• Because it is church or religious music

• Because angels’ songs are accompanied on organs

• Because angels’ sings

Why were the beast bamboos buried in sand for six months?

• To make them straight and strong

• To protect them from rain and strong wind

• To cure and to protect them from insects

• To play and to sing with it

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CCSS.RI.8.2

How many pipes does the organ have?

• 902

• 1,007

• 1,030

• 1,933

Why was it unplayable before 1917?

• Because it was overhauled by the Japanese

• Because of the Philippine Revolution

• Because of earthquakes and floods

• Because of Tsunami

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CCSS.RI.8.3

Why did the parish priests decide on the total rehabilitation of the organ?

• Because the Japanese overhauled it.

• Because that was the only way to save it.

• Because it was resembled in 1917.

• Because it was made by you.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

Who was Gerard Klais?

• An expert organ restorer of Bonn, Germany

• A parish priest of Las Piñas Church

• An Augustinian monk from Spain

• An author and a singer

What happens when its Pajarito is filled with water?

• It gives out the boom of a kettle drum.

• It imitates birdsongs.

• It sounds like angelic voices.

• It sounds horrible.

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CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

When was the first Las Piñas Bamboo Organ Festival held?

• April 1824

• February 1976

• March 1975

• May 1975