True or False? Scholastic News Assignment

1. [Part A] Details about Kit Atteberry’s project are included to show ___.

• that most TikTok videos are trustworthy
• that it is easy to keep videos from spreading
• that TikTok is the best social media app
• that many people are easily tricked by videos that contain false information

2. [Part B] Which detail best supports the answer to question 1?

• “Plus, the clips are often posted by influencers who users trust . . .”
• “‘You need to evaluate it yourself.’”
• “Kit was surprised that so many people believed what they saw.”
• “TikTok—along with other popular apps like Instagram—was created for entertainment.”

3. Which of the following is a result of TikTok’s growing popularity?

• The app is becoming more trustworthy.
• More people are relying on TikTok for news.
• Influencers are becoming fact-checkers.
• False information is becoming easier to spot.

4. According to the sidebar, “Don’t Fall for a Fake,” a video is likely fake if ___.

• it is posted without hashtags
• it contains no spelling errors
• people are commenting that it is false
• it appears on many news sites

5. In the article, Janine Waller says that the Seneca Falls Convention was “dedicated solely to the rights of women.” A word similar in meaning to solely is ___.

• fairly
• historically
• entirely
• legally

6. Which detail supports the idea that it took many years for women to get voting rights?

• “In the end, that resolution stayed . . .”
• “The movement grew during the decades that followed.”
• “It was modeled after one of America’s founding documents, the Declaration of Independence.”
• “About 300 people attended . . .”

7. Frederick Douglass said that without the right to vote, women ___.

• would not be able to change laws
• could not hold a convention
• would never be able to own property
• could never be activists

8. Which sentence best states the article’s main idea?

• A snake-shaped streak of light appears at Chichén Itzá on the first day of spring.
• Maya people had a strong understanding of math.
• There are 365 steps on the pyramid at Chichén Itzá.
• The temple at Chichén Itzá is also called the Temple of Kukulkan.

9. The temple at Chichén Itzá demonstrates that the ancient Maya ___.

• enjoyed literature
• did not build cities
• moved to what is now Mexico from Peru
• had an understanding of astronomy

10. The “bear” on Mars is ___.

• a fake photo
• a NASA spacecraft
• a natural formation
• a newly discovered species