Ben and Ruby E6

Choose the BEST answer for each question. This counts as a SUMMATIVE grade.

• Alexa chooses students to help her because they are curious, while Zaza employs adults that she can threaten.

• Alexa desires to acquire and share knowledge with the world, while Xaza wants to hoard and control all knowledge.

• Alexa is interested in collecting great treasures, while Zaza would rather decide how and where historical events occur.

• Alexa time travels to better understand how Earth formed, while Zaza wishes to destroy Earth and its inhabitants.

Which is the closest synonym for the word crypt?

• mansion

• ship

• tomb

• gallery

The episode says all of the following except ___________.

• where Ruby acquired Cleopatra's lapis lazuli mirror-comb set and Mrs. O'Leary's lantern.

• what Ben and Ruby discover shortly after they begin collecting rocks and soil on Mars. 

• who Ruby wants to impress with all of the trinkets she's collected during her time travels.

• why the man taking apart the time machine was dismayed when Ben approached him.

Based on the episode, which of these is true?

• Ruby and Ben found Cleopatra's crypt, and Ruby took home a matching lapis lazuli mirror and comb set.

• Mrs. O'Leary's cow started the Great Fire of Chicago in 1871 when she knocked over a lantern in a barn.

• A tall man with a thick mustache was putting together a time machine for the upcoming museum exhibit.

• Alexa made Ruby and Ben work every day, including weekends, traveling to different places to collect items.

Based on this episode, the reader can infer that ____________.

• Ben and Ruby were excited to go to Mars, so they could be the first ones with rock and soil samples from Mars

• the man working on the time machine has been setting up exhibits at the museum for a very long time

• Eureka Dalyrimple and Arno Sevaris probably hope to use the information they gather in future science fair projects

• Ben and Ruby probably realize that Eureka and Arno are working for Zaza when they find the ticket to the time machine exhibit outside a barn

Ben found a ticket to the time machine exhibit outside Mrs. O'Leary's barn. How did this discovery advance the plot?

• It introduced the idea that Ben and Ruby do not know very much about history and should not be time traveling.

• It caused Ben and Ruby to return to the exhibit to try and find out more about why they are time traveling.

• It led to Ruby getting permission to tell the whole world about the amazing time travel she and Ben had been doing.

• It solved the mystery of who the man with the mustache was and why he was afraid to talk to Ben.

Look at this passage from the episode:

"How totally weird!" Ben said, when we chatted on the phone that night. "Those two people on Captain Kidd's ship…their cell phones must've been activated at the museum, just like mine. And…and they must've gotten out of hand or something, so Alexa cut them loose and never brought them back from history.

Which is the closest synonym for the word activated?

• triggered

• located

• concealed

• shattered

Which character is telling the story?

• Ben

• Ruby

• Alexa

• Zaza

Which character took over Ben's phone?

• Alexa

• Ruby

• Arno

• Leopold

Think about the episode. The reader can predict that __________.

• Ben and Ruby will stay on Mars to collect soil samples and determine whether or not human beings can survive on the planet

• Ben will lose the cell phone with Alexa's time machine in a crater on Mars as he and Ruby try to outrun Eureka and Arno

• Eureka and Arno will try to deliver their soil samples to Zaza before Ben and Ruby can get their samples to Alexa

• Alexa will transport Ben and Ruby into the distant past in order to study how Mars has changed over time