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Reading Mid-term test review Elementary 7

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To try something

a)

challenge

b)

Experiment

c)

record

d)

test

2.

to stick something to something else

a)

attach

b)

journey

c)

Cross

d)

Captive

3.

To make something better

a)

Improve

b)

Effort

c)

Education

d)

Record

4.

To make a copy

a)

experiment

b)

test

c)

effort

d)

Record

5.

To come out of a place

a)

Attach

b)

Emerge

c)

Cross

d)

Journey

6.

Not safe

a)

Challenge

b)

Peaceful

c)

Dangerous

d)

tend

7.

A long trip

a)

emerge

b)

Journey

c)

Effort

d)

Cross

8.

Someone who studies things in nature

a)

Experiment

b)

Captive

c)

Scientist

d)

Invention

9.

Someone who is not free to leave

a)

Challenge

b)

Experiment

c)

dangerous

d)

Captive

10.

Everything you learn

a)

Experiment

b)

journey

c)

scienstist

d)

Education

11.

Something that is made for the first time

a)

Invention

b)

Experiment

c)

Test

d)

record

12.

a try, or big attempt, to do something

a)

Education

b)

Emerge

c)

Improve

d)

Effort

13.

To take care of something

a)

effort

b)

tend

c)

test

d)

improve

14.

something that is hard to do

a)

Emerge

b)

journey

c)

Challenge

d)

Cross

15.

To go from one side of something to another

a)

Cross

b)

Journey

c)

Emerge

d)

Attach

16.

To try an idea

a)

Test

b)

Scientist

c)

Record

d)

Experiment

17.

The Crittercam solved the problem of how to

a)

Swim with wild animals

b)

take pictures underwater

c)

Compare an animal in a zoo with a wild animal

d)

Study an animal that is difficult to follow

18.

What gave Greg Marshall the idea about how he could see the ocean from the shark's point of view?

a)

A camera

b)

A remora

c)

A shark

d)

A reef

19.

why is it difficult to study sharks and whales?

a)

They attack people who follow them

b)

Humans have a hard time following them

c)

They live in the ocean

d)

They can jump out of the ocean

20.

Why did Greg Marshall test his Crittercam on a turtle rather than a shark?

a)

Turtles are easier to handle than sharks.

b)

Turtles are more interesting than sharks

c)

Turtle hunt in deeper water than sharks

d)

Turtles swim more quickly than sharks

21.

How did Greg Marshall improve the Crittercam?

a)

It did not get lost

b)

He added a harness

c)

he attached it to a nurse shark

d)

he added more drag

22.

At National Geographic, the Crittercam was used to

a)

Train ocean animals

b)

Capture ocean animals

c)

Study ocean animals

d)

Write about ocean animals

23.

Which of the following is NOT a way that is used to attach Crittercam to animals?

a)

Gluing the camera to the animal's fur

b)

using a dissolving tether, or rope

c)

attaching the camera with a clamp

d)

Putting a chip inside the animal's tooth

24.

Compare discoveries from the Crittercam expeditions. How are grizzly bears and great white sharks alike?

a)

They are friendlier to each other than people thought

b)

They are both meaner than people thought

c)

They nap together

d)

They both share meals

25.

What has the Crittercam shown about ocean animals?

a)

Some of them humans

b)

Some of them dive for fun

c)

They can be dangerous

d)

They can have surprising behaviors

26.

Where are Garang and the other boys when their village is attacked?

a)

Walking to their school

b)

Tending their cattle

c)

Choosing their leaders

d)

Playing in their homes

27.

What happens while Garang is away tending his cattle?

a)

War comes to his village

b)

His herd is suddenly attacked

c)

A terrible storm happens

d)

Some of his calves become sick

28.

What did Garang find as he walked down the road from his village

a)

Soldiers fighting

b)

His family

c)

The other people from his village

d)

Other boys who have lost their families

29.

How do Garang and the other boys live through the trip to Ethiopia

a)

They find soldiers to show them the way

b)

They ask adults to lead them and take care of them

c)

They work together and help one another

d)

They meet people from the refugee camp

30.

They boys divided into groups so that

a)

They could join the soldiers fighting in the war

b)

They could help one another tend their cattle

c)

They could help one another find their families.

d)

they could take care of one another

31.

Where did the boys first walk to after they lost their families and left their homes

a)

U.S.

b)

Egypt

c)

Ethiopia

d)

Sudan

32.

The boys decided to travel at night to

a)

make it easier to care for the younger boys

b)

Avoid animals hunting for food

c)

avoid the soldiers and the sun

d)

have a full bright moon to guide them

33.

Who was Chuti?

a)

The man from the refugee camp

b)

A boy Garang looked after

c)

One of the boys who died in the village

d)

The boy telling stories

34.

Chuti is worried that

a)

Garang will leave him

b)

His mother and father did not love him

c)

He won't have enough to eat

d)

he won't have enough to drink

35.

The group of women help the boys by (choose 2 answers)

a)

Taking the boys to the refugee camp where they live

b)

Telling the boys how to get to a safe place in Ethiopia

c)

Washing the boys' clothes in the river

d)

Giving the boys something to eat

36.

Garang decides to attend school in the Ethiopian refugee camp to

a)

Take care of Chuti

b)

Hide from the soldiers

c)

Honor his parents

d)

Spend time with Tom

37.

Why do the boys have to run away from the camp?

a)

The war has spread to Ethiopia

b)

They are chased back to the border of Sudan

c)

The Gilo River has flooded

d)

There is not enough food at the camp

38.

Why does Garang decide to jump into the river with his schoolbooks?

a)

Garang's parents gave him the books

b)

he wants to save them for Chuti

c)

Garang does not remember why he took the books

d)

Garang's education is important to him

39.

How does Tom help get the boys to safety?

a)

Tom is not able to help the boys this time

b)

He takes all the boys

c)

He doesn't take any boys to Kenya. But tells them how to get there

d)

He takes some of the boys to Kenya and shows the others the way

40.

Finding Chuti at Kakuma is difficult for Garang because

a)

There are so many people at Kakuma

b)

He does not know where to find Tom

c)

Nobody knows who Chuti is

d)

he does not know if Chuti is at Kakuma

41.

Why does Tom want Garang to tell his story?

a)

He thinks telling his story will make Garang feel better

b)

he wants to know how Garang lost his family

c)

He thinks people will help if they hear Garang's story

d)

He wants to write a book about what has happened to Garang

42.

How does having responsibilities improve how Garang feels about his situation

a)

It makes Garang worry because he still struggles to survive

b)

it makes Garang feels important

c)

It makes Garang feel tired because he works so hard

d)

It makes Garang worry about his and Chuti's futures

43.

How does Garang feel about going to the United States?

a)

He is excited. But worried he won't be safe there.

b)

he is upset because he thinks he will not like Americans

c)

He is happy. But afraid of what life will be like

d)

he is worried that he will not be able to go to school in the U.S.

44.

How does Garang find the courage to move to the United States?

a)

He remembers how he crossed the river

b)

He wants to set an example for his group

c)

He wants to find Chuti's parents

d)

He remembers his father's words

45.

A whale would have been a good choice to test Crittercam

a)

True

b)

False

46.

trying new ways to attach the camera to different animals is an example of experimenting

a)

true

b)

false

47.

One of the biggest problems on the journey is boys fighting over food

a)

True

b)

False

48.

Learning to lead the other boys is a part of Garang's education

a)

true

b)

False