Are Those Aliens?

Which word BEST describes the mood of the introduction? (Mood is the feeling a reader gets from a piece of writing.)

• joyful

• impatient

• regretful

• suspenseful

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Which lines help create the mood you identified in Question 1? Choose ONE.

• “It was a bright June day in 1947.”

• “He was on his way to Oregon.”

• “We’re talking about aliens.”

• "The stars shined brightly."

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Author Kristin Lewis writes, “The objects didn’t seem to have pilots, though they occasionally darted and flipped.” The words darted and flipped tell you that the objects...

• landed and took off.

• grew smaller and bigger.

• moved slowly and cautiously.

• moved quickly and unusually.

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The section “What’s Out There?” helps readers understand that the idea that we might not be alone in the universe...

• . is a new obsession.

• is silly.

• is not new.

• is incorrect.

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The sidebar “Aliens Through Time” (pages 6-7) supports the idea that

• people have been fascinated with the idea of aliens for a long time.

• life beyond Earth exists.

• . people’s obsession with aliens is recent.

• people are no longer interested in the idea of aliens.

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Lewis’s article is mainly about...

• Kenneth Arnold

• the mystery of UFOs.

• Roswell, New Mexico.

• what life on other planets might look like.

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At first he thought he might be looking at a flock of birds. But on closer scrutiny, the mystery deepened. What does scrutiny mean?

• slowly

• close inspection

• swiftly

• to overthrow the government

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The story was swiftly picked up by the national press. It ignited a frenzy. What does frenzy mean?

• intense and wild

• on fire

• to do something slowly

• to move the slowest speed

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The report did not mention anything about extraterrestrials. What is an extraterrestrial?

• a person from Tetra

• pond life

• ocean species

• alien life

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It is more likely that the first type of life we will find is a microorganism like bacteria." What is a microorganism?

• can only be seen under a microscope

• life that exists on the surface of a lake

• life at the bottom of a sand pit

• the life that exists in students' lockers

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