Big Steals

After the train driver saw a signal, he stopped. Here, the word signal means ____.

• surprise party

• warning light

• careful plan

• robber's truck

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

The author calls some of the robbers "thugs". Which statement best describes what thugs are like?

• They dig tunnels. They steal money.

• They hurt people. They don't care.

• They steal treasure. They never get caught.

• They steal money. They do not go inside banks.

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

This book is called big steals. Which of the following could be another title?

• High-Value Heists

• Six Witnesses

• Thugs At Work

• Night Robberies

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How did using computers in South Africa help bank robbers in South Africa?

• Robbers used computers to plan how to steal money from bank vaults.

• Robbers used computers to order money from banks.

• Robbers used computers to send money to other countries.

• Robbers used computers to take money from customer accounts.

Why did the tunnel robbers in Brazil pretend to own a lawn business?

• Money was buried in the lawn of their house.

• The robbers wanted to make extra money.

• Digging dirt would not seem odd for lawn workers.

• The robbers needed to water their lawn.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

The diamond heist was daring. Which sentence best supports this fact?

• The cargo never made it on the airplane.

• The heist took place in Amsterdam, Holland.

• The robbers did not care that witnesses saw them.

• The diamonds are worth 118 million dollars.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

How did bank robbers steal money without going inside the bank?

• They had the teller rob it.

• They were already inside the bank.

• They used a computer.

• They robbed the ATM machine.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

The Gardner Museum was robbed of ____ worth of art.

• 5 thousand dollars

• 5 million dollars

• 500 million dollars

• 5 dollars

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

A witness is someone who sees something ____.

• through eye glasses

• happen

• sparkle

• on the floor

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

A light or other device that sends a message or warning.

• cargo

• witness

• signal

• worth

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1