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