DEAR Day quiz

Reading is a stress reliever. How much more effective is reading as a stress reliever than playing video games?

• 50% more effective

• 100% more effective

• 300% more effective

• 600% more effective

Reading lowers blood pressure and heart rate, true or false?

• True

• False

Reading can help us sleep better, true or false?

• True

• False

If you read (or are read to) for 20 minutes a day, how many word will you be exposed to over 1 year?

• 100,000

• 500,000

• 1 million

• 1.8 million

People who read 30 minutes a day live on average how much longer than their peers? [Yale University research]

• 3 months

• 13 months

• 18 months

• 23 months

Reading aloud to young children has many benefits. Select all benefits you think are true.

• Improved language skills

• Developing a special bond with your child

• Increased concentration and discipline

• Improved imagination and creativity

Children who read regularly are exposed to how many new vocabulary words every year?

• up to 1000 words

• up to 4000 words

• up to 10,000 words

• up to 12,000 words

On average, how many words per minute can an adult read?

• 50-100

• 100-200

• 200-300

• 300-400

Readers have been shown to earn how much more a year than non-readers?

• $1000

• $3000

• $5000

• $7000

Reading can increase career prospects (chances) by how much more than non-readers?

• 20%

• 30%

• 40%

• 50%