Nonfiction Task List - Central Idea Google Form

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What period are you in

• Period 1
• Period 2
• Period 4
• Period 6
• Period 8

What would be the best title for this passage?

• The Hoax of the Cardiff Giant
• How to Trick People and Make a Lot of Money
• Many Famous Hoaxes
• P.T. Barnum's Giant

Which statement best expresses the central idea of the passage?

• A hoax is a story that is made up to trick people.
• People are easily fooled by hoaxes.
• One of the most famous hoaxes in history is the Cardiff Giant hoax.
• People love to spend money on hoaxes, even after they know the truth.

What would be the best new title for this passage?

• The Great Hoax of 1917
• The Girls Who Pranked the World
• The Cottingley Fairy Hoax
• How to Pull Off a Hoax

This passage is mostly about...

• two girls who managed to trick a famous author.
• two girls who fooled people into believing that fairies exist.
• the methods used to take trick photographs in the early 1900s.
• how foolish people can believe in a hoax for over 60 years.

Which statement best summarizes the central idea of paragraph #3?

• Many people, including intelligent ones, believed the photos were real.
• Both real and false stories spread rapidly.
• Even upon close examination, the photographs looked authentic.
• Elsie's mother convinced others that the girls really did see fairies.

According to paragraph #2, what is a BECK?

• a river
• a creek
• a mountain
• a forest

What is the central idea of paragraph #2?

• It shows how Mr. and Mrs. Wright believed the photo images were really fairies.
• The paragraph explains that the girls got in trouble for playing near the stream.
• The paragraph tells how you never know what will show up in photographs.
• The paragraph is about how the hoax story got started.

How does the following line from paragraph #2 support the central idea of the paragraph? -- "The girls wanted to "prove" they communicated with fairies in the garden."

• It shows the reason the girls took the photographs.
• It shows the girls intended to fool the world.
• It tells ho fairies communicate with humans.
• It shows how much the girls wanted to be famous for talking to fairies.