Nonfiction Article of the Week Comprehension QUIZ

Which statement below is the main idea of this article?

• Witnesses of UFO sightings cannot be believed.

• Many credible accounts of UFO sightings have emerged over the last several decades.

• There is scientific data to prove that UFOs are real, and the government agrees.

• The U.S. government has refused to take part in UFO research thus far.

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How does the author support the claim that the U.S. government may believe in UFOs?

• by giving several examples of open cases by the U.S. government.

• by giving quotes from government officials on specific UFO sightings.

• by questioning the large amount of money dedicated to UFO research.

• by reporting that the government launched a full investigation in the 2004 sighting.

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Which piece of text evidence from the article best supports your answer to the above question?

• a. “Why would the government spend such a large amount of money on this type of research?”

• b. “The following are actual reports of UFO sightings in history.”

• c. “It was called the Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program (AATIP).”

• d. “In 1948, the government had also funded a UFO investigation called Project Sign.”

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Which piece of text evidence discredits Project Blue book’s claim that the UFOs were just birds reflecting the street lamp lights?

• The professors even tracked the lights over the following weeks during twelve additional sightings.

• Hundreds described the same shape and having “soft, glowing, bluish lights.”

• Witnesses claimed that the objects were flying too fast to be birds.

• Soon, dozens of reports came in across the area.

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Which statement below supports the police officers’ claims that they did see something in Belgium on November 29, 1989?

• Immediately, two Air Force F-16s were sent to locate the unidentified object.

• An air tracking station was able to locate an object in an area of a sighting, but could not determine what kind of aircraft it was.

• Suddenly and quickly, it darted out of range at a very high speed.

• It was reported that it fled faster than the speed of sound.

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Which claim is made in the subsection California Coast?

• Commander David Fravor has been a Navy Pilot for a long time.

• A formal investigation was launched into the UFO sighting off the California coast.

• Commander David Fravor was part of an elite Navy crew.

• The U.S. government had kept information about UFO sightings secret.

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How does the author support the idea that you can help to save a life by adopting?

• by interviewing families who have adopted a dog from an animal shelter.
  

• by conducting a study of how many lives were saved last year alone

• by giving evidence of how many dogs are euthanized each year.

• by giving the top breeds most often euthanized in shelters

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Which piece of text evidence from the article best supports your answer to the above question?

• In fact, approximately 1.6 million dogs are adopted from shelters each year.

• Many of them are available for adoption at a local shelter.

• Sadly, about 670,000 of those dogs are euthanized each year by animal shelters due to overcrowding.

• Euthanasia means that an animal is injected with a lethal mixture that causes a painless death.

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3. Which excerpt from the article below supports the concern for puppies purchased from pet shops?

• “They often live in filth without proper vet care... in small cages.”
  

• “...puppy mills often produce pets with serious health conditions.”
  

• “When buying online or from a pet store, there is often... no support after the sale.”

• All of these support a concern about purchasing puppies from pet shops.

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Which statement about the article supports the claim that not all breeders are irresponsible?

• Puppies can be purchased from breeders whose dogs live in happy homes, receive vet care, and are loved.

• Puppy mills are often unregulated by the government.

• Purebred puppies can be very expensive, sometimes costing thousands of dollars.

• Many people are unaware that purebred dogs can be adopted in shelters as well.