canadas boy wonder (EOG practice 8th grade )

Hiddenite

Hiddenite is a pale green gemstone that was first discovered in North Carolina in 1879. The community in which hiddenite was found, called White Plains at the time, is near Stony Point in Alexander County. White Plains has since been formed into a town named Hiddenite. The gemstone takes its name from William Earl Hidden, a mineralogist hired by Thomas Edison to search the area for platinum. He did not find platinum, but he did send a piece of the unknown mineral to a skilled chemist. The chemist eventually identified the gemstone as a type of crystal and named the new discovery after the man who sent him the sample.

What was the original name of the community in which hiddenite was found?

• White Plains

• Stony Point

• Alexander County

• North Carolina

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What does sample mean in the sentence below from the text?

“The chemist eventually identified the gemstone as a type of crystal and named the new discovery after the man who sent him the sample.”

• the whole item

• a small part

• the complete unit

• a heavy thing

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What is Pearson’s most significant achievement?

• He served as president of the UN’s General Assembly

• He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957.

• He defined what it means to be Canadian

• He was Canada’s 14th prime minister

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When you ask young people in this country about Lester B. Pearson—and Andrew Cohen, thepolitical journalist, author, and Carleton University professor, often has—you can’t always relyon them to know who he was. “They may know that they fly into a big, busy airport in Torontonamed after him,” says Cohen, author of Lester B. Pearson, the latest biography in Penguin’sExtraordinary Canadians series. “And they do know he won the Nobel Peace Prize.” But as forwho the man was, Cohen’s students tend to have a gauzy notion of Canada’s 14th prime ministeras a saffron-robed, incense wielding Prince of Peace. In truth, he was more of a paradox: many ofPearson’s greatest achievements were as divisive then as they remain today. And yet, perhapsmore than any other individual, Pearson—or “Mike,” as he was affectionately called—isresponsible for entrenching many of the basic tenets of modern Canadianness

What does paragraph 1 emphasize about Lester B. Pearson

• that he is not fully understood for the impact he had on the country

• that he is well known for all of his achievements for the country

• that he served the country in many different roles

• that he utilized unique people to serve the country

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What claim is made about the relationship between Canada and the United Kingdom before Lester B. Pearson served as Prime Minister in the statement below from paragraph 2?

“he helped transform Canada from a colonial appendage to an autonomous state with a powerful voice”

• Canada relied on the United Kingdom.

• The United Kingdom relied on Canada.

• Canada was more self-sufficient than the United Kingdom

• Canada and the United Kingdom did not communicate

What does the usage of the word autonomous in the sentence below from paragraph 2 emphasize about Canada?

“In short, he helped transform Canada from a colonial appendage to an autonomous state with a powerful voice and a sterling reputation.”

• its dependence

• its gratitude

• its infamy

• its independence

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Lost Our Place in the World. Pearson the man was many things, Cohen says, but in the ’60s—apolitical era characterized by JFK and televised debates—a stylish and charismatic showman hewas not. He spoke with a slight lisp. He wore horn-rimmed glasses, bow ties, and homburg hats.By mid-decade, he seemed to be out of touch. “He looks just a little bit awkward,” says Cohen.“In the Age of Aquarius, he’s an antiquarian. He wasn’t the suave, debonair Pierre Trudeau, andhe wasn’t John Kennedy. But he had a great sense of humour and he was enormously likeable.

How does paragraph 3 support the central idea?

• It stresses Pearson’s strength as a foreign policymaker

• It compares Pearson to other prime ministers.

• It highlights Pearson’s weaknesses in appearance and speech

• It quotes Pearson to emphasize the truth.

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How does the author reveal the shortcomings that contribute to Pearson’s accomplishments being overlooked today?

• by quoting Pearson in the book Lester B. Pearson

• by mentioning Pearson’s sense of humor and personality

• by comparing Pearson to well-remembered, popular government leaders

• by blaming it on the primitive technology in the 1960s

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Which statement contradicts the idea that Lester B. Pearson was an important figure in Canadian history?

• “Perhaps more than any Canadian leader in history, Pearson embodies a certain archetypal notion of what it means to be Canadian.”

• For better or worse, he popularized the idea of us as an understated, compassionate, peacemaking people—labels we’re still negotiating four decades later

• Every time a teenager sets off to Europe with a Canadian flag sewn onto his backpack, it’s because of him

• “And every time a local is suddenly pleasant to the kid because of that flag, he has Lester B. Pearson to thank

Which quote shows how Pearson contributed to the way foreign countries regard Canada?

• “All of this after having already forged an ambitious career as a diplomat.”

• “He spoke with a slight lisp. He wore horn-rimmed glasses, bow ties, and homburg hats.”

• “The media, Cohen says, couldn’t see that amid all the chaos and tumult and smoke and fire, Lester B. Pearson was quietly legislating.”

• “And every time a local is suddenly pleasant to the kid because of that flag, he has Lester B. Pearson to thank.”

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