Answer these questions about this week's story. When you are done
click on "Submit" to see how you did and then PRINT a copy
out to show Miss Murphy - and take it home to study for your reading
test.

• 1) What is an ocean?
  

  a place where airplanes land
  a large body of salt water
  a large mass of ice
  land surrounded by water
  a path of running water
• 2) What does alert mean?
  

  sleepy
  grumpy
  comfortable
  watchful
  unhappy
• 3) What does breaks mean?
  

  freezes
  sticks out
  plays with
  comes apart
  sticks out
• 4) What does melt mean?
  

  turn into liquid
  begin to fall
  move forward
  become hard
  stick together
• 5) What does thousands mean?
  

  large families
  ten hundreds
  groups
  ten tens
  ten dozens
• 6) Deep cracks in a glacier are caused by_________
  

  dancing penguins
  ice packs
  loud roars
  ocean waves
  polar bears
• 7) Why do ships stay far away from icebergs?
  

  Icebergs often flip over and cause waves.
  Icebergs make the water cold.
  The sailors don't want to scare the animals.
  The largest part of the iceberg is hidden below the water.
  The ice affects their electronic equipment on the ship.
• 8) A loud boom heard near an iceberg is most likely caused by __________.
  

  a bubble of air inside an iceberg breaking
  a bear or seal yelping
  a berg scraping land
  a ship running into an iceberg
  a volcano on the iceberg
• 9) Unlike ships of today, wooden ships that sailed hundreds of years ago did not
  have_________ .
  

  sailors
  radar
  passengers
  watchmen
  sails
• 10) In April 1912, which event happened first ?
  

  Lifeboats were lowered.
  Many lost their lives.
  Seams in the ship's hull began to give way.
  Captain E.J. Smith received warnings about icebergs.
  The Titanic hit an iceberg.
• 11) When the Titanic hit an iceberg, the people were not scared at first because_________.
  

  Captain Smith sent an S.O.S.
  they could all swim
  they were close to land
  Captain Smith told them there was no reason to be scared
  they believed that nothing could sink the Titanic
• 12) What did you learn about small bergs from reading this selection ?
  

  They usually travel with many larger bergs.
  Even a small berg can sink a ship.
  Most small bergs come from glaciers in Greenland.
  Small bergs are not dangerous.
  Small bergs are found in the Mississippi River.
• 13) Which sentence states an opinion ?
  

  Icebergs are mostly under the water.
  Even strong modern ships have struck icebergs.
  The Titanic sailed from England on its first voyage.
  Once crash happened in April, 1912.
  The Titanic was the most beautiful ship ever built.
• 14) Which sentence states a fact ?
  

  The Titanic was the most beautiful ship ever built.
  The Titanic would not have sunk if they had a better captain
  Thousands of icebergs break off from glaciers each year.
  Icebergs are beautiful.
  There is too much ice in the ocean.
• 15) What was the most serious result of the Titanic disaster?
  

  People became afraid of icebergs.
  Three years of work was wasted.
  A large amount of money was lost.
  More than 1,500 people died.
  The iceberg they hit cracked in two.