Bug bites

Why does the author compare eating grasshoppers with eating hamburgers?

• to show that grasshoppers are better tasting than hamburgers

• to show that grasshoppers are less expensive tasting than hamburgers

• to show that grasshoppers are more healthful than hamburgers

• to show that grasshoppers are easier to prepare than hamburgers

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What did biologist David George Gordon do to be mentioned in the passage?

• He wrote a cookbook containing insect recipes.

• He developed ways of farming insects for food.

• He suggested that astronauts in space can eat insects

• He studies insects that are never eaten by humans

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Why does the author most likely mention honey in the passage?

• to show that foods from insects taste better than other foods

• to show that we already eat foods that come from insects

• to show that many parts of insects are good to eat

• to show that foods from insects are easy to gather

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

With which statement is the author most likely to agree?

• People should be willing to try new foods

• People should eat only foods that they've always eaten

• People should add bugs to the long list of forbidden foods

• People should avoid eating bugs as a part of their daily diets

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CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

In the "Future Food" section, the author states that some people are squeamish when it comes to bugs. What does squeamish mean?

• curious about

• excited about

• frightened about

• disgusted by

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4