American Bison #3

1. Which of these words from the story is a compound word?

A) witness
B) railroad
C) plains
D) depended

2. In paragraph two, what is the base word of largest?

A) large
B) larger
C) er
D) larg

3. In paragraph one, what does the word witness mean?

A) walk
B) eat
C) know
D) see

4. What is a female bison called?

A) bull
B) calf
C) cow
D) buffalo

5. In paragraph 1, what does the word grazing mean?

A) eating
B) running
C) standing
D) trotting

6. In paragraph 3, which word could be used as a synonym for generally?

A) never
B) always
C) seldom
D) usually

7. Why did William Temple Hornady set up the National Zoological Park?

A) To make money off the bison
B) To save the bison from extinction.
C) To store animals that he had hunted and killed.
D) To write a book about bison herds.

8. What was the author's purpose in this passage?

A) Explain how Native Americans used bison
B) Persuade people to stop hunting bison
C) Inform the reader about bison
D) Entertain with a story about a funny bison

9. According to the graph, in what year was the lowest bison population recorded in Fort Niobrara Wildlife Refuge?

A) 1960
B) 1970
C) 1990
D) 1980

10. According to the graph, between which years did the bison population stay the same?

A) 1990-2000
B) 1980-1990
C) 2000-2010
D) 1960-1970

11. What is the genre of this passage?

A) biography
B) informational
C) historical fiction
D) autobiography

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