American Bison #3
  • 1. Which of these words from the story is a compound word?
A) plains
B) railroad
C) witness
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) see
C) know
D) eat
  • 4. What is a female bison called?
A) calf
B) cow
C) bull
D) buffalo
  • 5. In paragraph 1, what does the word grazing mean?
A) running
B) standing
C) trotting
D) eating
  • 6. In paragraph 3, which word could be used as a synonym for generally?
A) usually
B) never
C) always
D) seldom
  • 7. Why did William Temple Hornady set up the National Zoological Park?
A) To save the bison from extinction.
B) To make money off the bison
C) To write a book about bison herds.
D) To store animals that he had hunted and killed.
  • 8. What was the author's purpose in this passage?
A) Inform the reader about bison
B) Entertain with a story about a funny bison
C) Explain how Native Americans used bison
D) Persuade people to stop hunting bison
  • 9. According to the graph, in what year was the lowest bison population recorded in Fort Niobrara Wildlife Refuge?
A) 1970
B) 1960
C) 1980
D) 1990
  • 10. According to the graph, between which years did the bison population stay the same?
A) 1990-2000
B) 1960-1970
C) 2000-2010
D) 1980-1990
  • 11. What is the genre of this passage?
A) biography
B) informational
C) autobiography
D) historical fiction
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