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1. What is the article mainly about?

• A.food waste in schools
• B. students who helped plan school lunch menus for their city
• C.the most popular school lunches
• D.federal guidelines for school meals

2. Which section contains information on how school districts test new menu items?

• A.“Menu Rules”
• B. “Using Their Voices”
• C.“Lunch Lab”
• D. “What’s on Your Plate?”

3. Which statement expresses an opinion?

• A.Each year, U.S. public schools waste about $1.7 billion worth of food.
• B.Schools should serve pizza every week.
• C.New York City has the largest school district in the U.S.
• D.Elsa Hammerman visited the New York City Public Schools test kitchen.

4. According to the sidebar, “What’s on Your Plate?,” nutrition guidelines for public schools are set by the ______.

• A.U.S. Department of Agriculture
• B.U.S. Treasury
• C.U.S. Supreme Court
• D.U.S. president

5. Based on the article, you know that trailblazers are people who ______.

• A.do something that is new and makes a big impact
• B.appear on American money
• C.lived long ago
• D.work to pass new laws

6. In which state did Juliette Gordon Low start Girl Scouts of the USA?

• A. Massachusetts
• B. Georgia
• C. North Carolina
• D. California

7. What was one result of Vera Rubin’s work?

• A.It helped people build better telescopes.
• B.It helped people understand what holds the universe together.
• C.It shed light on some of the injustices Black people faced in the late 1800s.
• D.It led to laws that protect people with disabilities.

8. What is the purpose of the article?

• A.to explain how different countries choose their symbols
• B.to persuade lawmakers to name a new U.S. symbol
• C.to describe efforts to save bald eagles
• D.to explain that the eagle has been made America’s official national bird

9. According to the sidebar, “More American Symbols,” what is the official tree of the U.S.?

• A. birch
• B. oak
• C. maple
• D. pine