Main Idea Quiz (3 short Passages)

1. 1. What is this passage mostly about?

• People eat really big burgers with forks and knives.

• Restaurants are trying to make bigger hamburgers.

• The Belly Buster burger uses a head of lettuce.

• Fast food places have the biggest hamburgers.

2. 2. Which statement supports the idea?

• Fast food places have some very big hamburgers.

• The Belly Buster has 10.5 pounds of ground beef.

• The Whopper is Burger King's largest hamburger.

• Most Americans really like to eat hamburgers.

3. 3. This passage is mostly about?

• A. why animals need to keep warm in the winter.

• B. how the weather changes throughout the year.

• C. why birds fly south to find warmer weather.

• D. how some animals hibernate during the winter.

4, Which statement best supports the main idea of the passage?

• A. Birds fly south to find warmer weather.

• B. Humans use heaters in their homes and wear jackets.

• C. The bear can go without food for the whole hibernation.

• D. One example of an animal that hibernates is the bear.

5. What is this article mainly about?

• A. TV Turnoff Week is an event that happens the last week of April.

• B. TV Turnoff Week wants people to be active instead of watch TV.

• C. People who watch TV eat more junk food than people who don’t.

• D. Kids in the U.S. watch sometimes up to five hours of TV a day.

6. TV Turnoff Week was started to get kids to watch less TV. What statement from the

passage supports this idea?

• A. Kids spend more time watching TV than they do at school.

• B. The goal is to get people off of their couches.

• C. TV Turnoff Week usually happens the last week in April.

• D. That is over 30 hours of television a week!

7. TV Turnof Week is becoming a big event in the U.S. Which statement supports this idea?

• A. The event grew to 7.6 million people participating last year.

• B. TV Turnoff Network started the event to get people to be active.

• C. Instead of watching TV, people can exercise of play games.

• D. Many kids watch the TV for more time than they are in school.

8. This passage is mainly about

• A. how two boys were going to be okay after sailing.

• B. how two boys had to survive at sea for six days.

• C. how two boys kept warm by sharing a wetsuit.

• D. how two boys caught a lot of fish while sailing.

9. Which statement supports the idea that the boys were hungry?

• A. Luckily, they were in good shape.

• B. They were not able to catch any fish.

• C. The teens were taken to a hospital.

• D. They realized they were in trouble.

10.The boys should not have been out on the sailboat because of the weather. Which

statement supports this idea?

• A. They ignored a warning from the National Weather Service.

• B. The boys slipped into the ocean to cool off during the day.

• C. They were over 100 miles away from their starting point.

• D. The teenagers were finally spotted by men on a fishing boat