1.5 Mary Anning and her Remarkable Discoveries

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unsafe because of hidden dangers

• poverty

• assembled

• treacherous

• remarkable

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worked without stopping to get or accomplish something

• pursued

• poverty

• treacherous

• remarkable

Which of these is a feature of a biography?

• does not use literary characteristics

• does not have plot

• describes true events or series of events

• describes untrue events

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The state of being extremely poor

• pursued

• treacherous

• poverty

• assembled

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put or brought together

• pursued

• treacherous

• remarkable

• assembled

Who was the person who taught Mary how to fossil hunt?

• Her brother

• her Mother

• Richard Owen

• her Father

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extradordinary or outstanding

• remarkable

• assembled

• poverty

• pursued

True or False: By the end of her life Mary was regarded as an excellent scientists.

• True

• False

What is a biography?

• A true story about the author's own life.

• A made up story

• a story about a person's life written by someone else

• A play

How old was Mary when she left school?

• 13

• 18

• 11

• 24