Rare Treaseures

What was the resource Mary used to learn about rocks, mountains and the earth?

• She learned from her friend.

• She learned from the geology book Mrs. Stock gave her.

• She learned from her neighbor.

Choose a detail from the text that helps you recognize the selection as a biography.

 

 

• The author describes the real events in Mary’s life.

• It was written by Mary Anning.

•   It has events that can’t happen in real life.

What is the genre of Rare Treasure?

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Folk Tale

Who is the main character in the story?

  

 

• Mary Anning

• her father

• Joseph

What was the major event that occurred at the beginning of the story?

• Mary and her older brother were taught how to hunt.

• Mary’s life started with a bang of thunder.

• Mary searched for fossils.

What did Mary do as a job after her father’s death?

• Mary worked at the market.

• Mary worked as a teacher.

• Mary collected and sold fossils.

Mary Anning was an extraordinary fossil collector.

• True

• False

The main idea of the story is about Mary’s life and her problems with the scientists.

• True

• False

Although Mary had no money, she was rich in spirit.

• True

• False

Collecting fossils was a dangerous work.

• True

• FAlse