"Kids in Business" Argumentative Text Quiz

What claim does the author make in the selection?

• Starting a business is a huge responsibility.

• Starting a business helps others.

• All kids should start a business of their own.

• You don’t need money to make a difference.

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What evidence does the author use to support the claim?

• At age 8, Hayleigh began a business with help from her family.

• Anna hatched her innovative idea based on biology.

• Joshua’s work includes a backpack program that is aimed especially at helping hungry children.

• Better World Books takes in unwanted books from people and libraries.

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On page 42, the details in the first 2 paragraphs support the key idea that—

• Anna’s business helps the environment.

• young entrepreneurs are amazing.

• Anna sells plants.

• Anna’s business is successful.

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What is the most likely reason the author wrote this selection?

• To explain how to start a business to help others.

• To compare kids to other adults who have started businesses.

• To show how starting a business can make a difference.

• To identify several famous kids who have incredible talents.

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How does the author help you understand how he feels about young entrepreneurs?

• By discussing the different types of businesses that help people in need.

• By showing how helping others never goes out of style.

• By explaining how some kids are making a difference.

• By explaining how to start a business.

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What does the bar graph in the article help the reader understand?

• The amount of unwanted books that were donated to charity.

• Why people should donate their unwanted books.

• The difference donating books can make to supporting global literacy.

• How much money Better World Books raised each year.

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Based on ideas in BOTH articles, what is one way that the kids in “Kids in Business” and the companies in “Dollars and $ense” are ALIKE?

Select TWO correct answers.

• Both have a desire to help others in need.

• Both believe that making money is the only way to measure success.

• Both articles discuss how kids started businesses to help others in need.

• Both discuss how everyone should start a business.

• Both articles show the reader how businesses have helped charities raise money.

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