Snowflake Bentley

Read this sentence from paragraph 1 of the article.

In the days when farmers worked with ox and sled and cut the dark with lantern light, there lived a boy who loved snow more than anything in the world.

How does the author's word choice in the sentence affect the meaning of the passage?

• A. by suggesting that the ideas in the passage are made up

• B. by showing that the subject of the passage became famous

• C. by suggesting that the topic of the passage is familiar

• D. by showing that the events in the passage happened long ago

What is the meaning if the word "pelted" as it is used in paragraph 3?

• A. created

• B. found

• C. saved

• D. threw

Read the sentence.

She placed her ________ stickers into two _______.

Which pair of words makes the sentence correct?

• A. four, rose

• B. four, rows

• C. for, rose

• D. for, rows

Which quotation best supports a main idea of the article?

• A. "He expected to find whole flakes that were the same...." (paragraph 4)

• B. " 'Fussing with snow is just foolishness,' his father said." (paragraph 6)

• C. "Even so his first pictures were failures..." (paragraph 7)

• D. " 'Now everyone can see the great beauty in a tiny crystal,' he said." (paragraph 7)

What does the information in paragraph 9 suggest about the author's point of view?

• A. The author believes that Bentley could have been more careful.

• B. The author respects Bentley's many different interests.

• C. The author admires Bentley's dedication.

• D. The author questions the methods

  Bentley used.

What does novel mean as it is used below?

Traveling by air is no longer a novel idea.

• A. common

• B. new

• C. reading

• D. typical

Which statement is true based on the information in paragraph 6 and 11?

• A. Bentley's work with snow required expensive equipment that he was willing to spend all his money on.

• B. Bentley was thought to be foolish throughout his life because of his interest in snow.

• C. Bentley's parents thought he should do something with his life other than taking pictures of snow.

• D. Bentley became less interested in studying snow than in publishing pictures and giving speeches.

What does the reader learn about Bentley from paragraphs 10 and 11?

• A. He was more interested in sharing his work than in making money from it.

• B. He worked hard to develop a way of making photographs of snowflakes.

• C. He wanted to find out if all snowflakes were different from each other.

• D. He was able to follow his interests because of the help he got from his family.

Which sentence best describes how the article is organized?

• A. The reasons for Willie Bentley's experiments with snow are presented, followed by their eventual conclusions.

• B. The events of Willie Bentley's life and his study of snow are described as they happen over time.

• C. The different problems of photographing snow are explained and then Willie Bentley's solutions are described.

• D. The important ideas about snow in Willie Bentley's discoveries are presented, followed by details and examples.

Which word is a SYNONYM for authored?

• A. wrote

• B. bought

• C. read

• D. drew