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Name Date Animal House March 17, 2017 Use this week’s issue of TIME For Kids (Edition 5–6) to answer the questions. For each question, circle the letter next to the best answer. Article: “The Future of Zoos” (Identify Main Idea) 1. This story mainly describes efforts to design zoos that A. include concrete structures. B. remove animals from nature. C. change the way humans experience zoos. D. improve animals’ experience in captivity. Article: “The Future of Zoos” (Understand Vocabulary) 2. What is another way to say abundant in paragraph 6? A. plenty of B. less C. not enough D. scattered Article: “The Future of Zoos” (Recall Key Details) 3. How much did the polar-bear exhibit at the St. Louis Zoo cost? A. $2 million B. $170 million C. $16 million D. $360 million Article: “The Future of Zoos” (Use Informational-Text Features) 4. Which animal in the sidebar has the largest population living in zoos? A. giraffe B. California condor C. polar bear D. African elephant Article: “The Future of Zoos” (Make Inferences) 5. Zoo designer Jon Coe would most likely agree that zoos should A. include concrete trees. B. let people play with animals. C. give animals space to roam. D. include plastic vegetation. Article: “The Future of Zoos” (Identify Main Idea) 6. The following sentences would be important to include in a summary, except for A. Many experts think zoos need a major overhaul if they’re going to last. B. Many zoos, however, do not have the money and space needed to provide a proper home for an animal. C. Animals may suffer when they are removed from nature. D. That tiger trail is part of Zoo360. Article: “A Thing for Strings” (Identify Supporting Details) 7. The author writes, “Hutchins was an artist and a scientist.” Which of the following details does not support this perspective? A. Hutchins used a scientific technique to make the instruments. B. Hutchins created a family of eight violins that play all the notes a piano plays. C. [The string family] cannot play the lowest and highest notes of the piano. D. For more than 50 years, Hutchins worked as a luthier. Article: “A Thing for Strings” (Identify Cause and Effect) 8. Why did Carleen Hutchins start making stringed instruments? A. She was a music teacher. B. She didn’t like trumpets. C. She was not satisfied with a viola she bought. D. She was a pioneer. Article: “Out of This World” (Identify Key Details) 9. What is TRAPPIST-1? A. a planet B. a moon C. a star D. a galaxy Article: “Out of This World” (Identify Key Details) 10. What makes a planet Earthlike? A. rocks B. craters C. people D. liquid water Bonus What responsibility do humans have for the future of animals? Write your answer on a separate sheet, using details from the story to support your thinking. © 2017 TIME FOR KIDS, timeforkids.com, Edition 5–6. This page may be photocopied for use with students. • March 17, 2017 COMPREHENSION QUIZ

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EDITION 5–6: MAGAZINE QUIZ

Animal House March 17, 2017Use this week’s issue of TIME For Kids (Edition 5–6) to answer the questions. For each question, circle the letter next to the best answer.

Article: “The Future of Zoos” (Identify Main Idea)

1. This story mainly describes efforts to design zoos thatA. include concrete structures.B. remove animals from nature.C. change the way humans

experience zoos.D. improve animals’ experience

in captivity.

Article: “The Future of Zoos”(Understand Vocabulary)

2. What is another way to say abundant in paragraph 6?A. plenty ofB. lessC. not enoughD. scattered

Article: “The Future of Zoos”(Recall Key Details)

3. How much did the polar-bear exhibit at the St. Louis Zoo cost?A. $2 millionB. $170 millionC. $16 millionD. $360 million

Article: “The Future of Zoos”(Use Informational-Text Features)

4. Which animal in the sidebar has the largest population living in zoos?A. giraffeB. California condorC. polar bearD. African elephant

Article: “The Future of Zoos”(Make Inferences)

5. Zoo designer Jon Coe would most likely agree that zoos shouldA. include concrete trees.B. let people play with animals.C. give animals space to roam.D. include plastic vegetation.

Article: “The Future of Zoos”(Identify Main Idea)

6. The following sentences would be important to include in a summary, except forA. Many experts think zoos need

a major overhaul if they’re going to last.

B. Many zoos, however, do not have the money and space needed to provide a proper home for an animal.

C. Animals may suffer when they are removed from nature.

D. That tiger trail is part of Zoo360.

Article: “A Thing for Strings”(Identify Supporting Details)

7. The author writes, “Hutchins was an artist and a scientist.” Which of the following details does not support this perspective?A. Hutchins used a scientific

technique to make the instruments.

B. Hutchins created a family of eight violins that play all the notes a piano plays.

C. [The string family] cannot play the lowest and highest notes of the piano.

D. For more than 50 years, Hutchins worked as a luthier.

Article: “A Thing for Strings”(Identify Cause and Effect)

8. Why did Carleen Hutchins start making stringed instruments?A. She was a music teacher.B. She didn’t like trumpets.C. She was not satisfied with

a viola she bought.D. She was a pioneer.

Article: “Out of This World”(Identify Key Details)

9. What is TRAPPIST-1?A. a planetB. a moonC. a starD. a galaxy

Article: “Out of This World”(Identify Key Details)

10. What makes a planet Earthlike?A. rocksB. cratersC. peopleD. liquid water

Bonus What responsibility do humans have for the future of animals? Write your answer on a separate sheet, using details from the story to support your thinking.

© 2017 TIME For Kids, timeforkids.com, Edition 5–6. This page may be photocopied for use with students. • March 17, 2017

COMPREHENSION QUIZ