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OSSLT 2008 Informational Text Selection - Dinosaur Discovery


Multiple Choice
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 1. 
The headline of this news report does not
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 a.
describe the museum.
 b.
summarize the story details.
 c.
suggest the kind of discovery.
 d.
identify the location of the story.
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 2. 
Scientists in Alberta are studying the duckbilled dinosaur skeleton to
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 a.
perhaps discover a new species.
 b.
determine the degree of hillside erosion.
 c.
learn about the ancient climate of Drumheller.
 d.
possibly uncover the mystery of the Badlands.
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 3. 
Hadrosaurs were most likely threatened by
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 a.
the retreat of ice.
 b.
the erosion of land.
 c.
predatory dinosaurs.
 d.
newly discovered species.
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 4. 
In paragraph 3, the words “dramatic and mysterious” are used to
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 a.
explain erosion.
 b.
describe dinosaurs.
 c.
explain the day digs.
 d.
describe the landscape.
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 5. 
Paragraph 2 relates to paragraph 1 because paragraph 2
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 a.
outlines the contents of the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta.
 b.
explains the term “Dinosaur Capital of the World” as used in paragraph 1.
 c.
describes a sequence of steps in the discovery process identified in paragraph 1.
 d.
provides additional information about the skeleton recovered in northern Alberta.
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