The Albertosaurus Mystery Comprehension and Vocabulary Quiz

From the selection, the reader can tell that Phillip Currie is:

• foolish

• awkward

• determined

• unfriendly

What conslusion can the reader draw about Barnum Brown's fossil field?

• Dinosaurs never lived there.

• No one knew exactly where it was.

• It had only plant-eating dinosaurs.

• Many people had been there to visit.

How does the reader know that diinosaurs lived long ago?

• Few dinosaurs are still alive.

• Some dinosaurs have feathers.

• Many dinosaurs ate other animals.

• Only dinosaur fossils are left today.

Barnum Brown's life would have been different if his family did not dig for coal because he might never have:

• gotten a job

• seen a fossil

• gone to school

• lived in Kansas

From the selection, the reader can conclude that:

• all dinosaurs ate plants

• most dinosaurs are dead

• few dinosaurs had teeth

• some dinosaurs ate meat

Brown's Albertosaurus bones were in the basement for many years because:

• Currie wanted to keep them a secret

• people did not realize how special they were

• they were too big and heavy to show in a museum

• fossil hunters had a hard time putting the pieces together

Which sentence from the selection helps the reader conclude that it was difficult to find the fossil field in Canada's badlands?

• Sandflies and mosquitos bit him.

• All alone, Phillip climbed another hill.

• Its huge, powerful jaws could crush a bone

• It was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

The information in the selection leads the reader to conclude that:

• dinosaurs lived only in Canada

• many dinosaurs lived in groups

• all dinosaurs traveled across long distances

• the smallest dinosaurs were found in Montana

Phillip Currie's search was a success because he found:

• 22 albertosaurs

• 70 dinosaur teeth

• the first dinosaur eggs

• the first meat-eating dinosaur

What can the reader conclude from the following sentence from the selection? "Phillip and his team worked for months to dig out each fossil."

• The team had to be careful.

• the team was not very experienced.

• The team was unhappy with all the work.

• The team was hoping to find a live dinosaur.