Edition 5–6 : Magazine Quiz
Name
Comprehension
Quiz
Date
At Risk? November 8, 2013
Use this week’s issue of TIME For Kids (Edition 5–6) to answer the questions. For each question, circle the letter
next to the best answer.
Article: “Call of the Wild”
Article: “Call of the Wild”
Article: “India’s Onion Crisis”
(Recall Key Details)
(Read a Map)
(Identify Cause and Effect)
1. In the Lower 48, there are now
5. What color on the map shows
9. What ruined this year’s crop of
(Identify Fact and Opinion)
Article: “Why Do We Spy?”
Article: “Ride On!”
2. Which statement is an opinion
(Interpret Vocabulary in Context)
(Infer Character Traits)
A. about 600 wolves.
B. about 60 wolves.
C. about 6 million wolves.
D. about 6,000 wolves.
Article: “Call of the Wild”
about gray wolves?
A. They are predators.
B. They were nearly wiped out
by the 1960s.
C. They are fascinating creatures.
D. They live in 30% of available
habitat in the Lower 48.
Article: “Call of the Wild”
(Recall Key Details)
3. Which group wants to
remove gray wolves from the
endangered-species list?
A. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
B. Defenders of Wildlife
C.Kids4Wolves
D. None of the above
Article: “Call of the Wild”
where gray wolves used to live?
A.orange
B.white
C.yellow
D.blue
6. The word eavesdropping (in the 10. Which word does not describe
last paragraph) means
A. talking on the phone.
B. spreading rumors.
C.whispering.
D. secretly listening to what
others are saying.
Article: “Top 5 Largest
Carnivores”
(Recall Key Details)
7. The largest land carnivore
Kerri Martin?
A.generous
B.greedy
C.positive
D.helpful
BONUS: Should gray wolves
stay on the endangered-species
list? Write a letter to U.S. officials
explaining your opinion.
weighs
A. 7,716 pounds.
B. 2,425 pounds.
C. 1,323 pounds.
D. 2,646 pounds.
Article: “Rest Your Brain!”
(Make Inferences)
(Recall Key Details)
4. You can tell from reading his
8. According to the article, most
quotes that Dan Ashe
A. hates wolves.
B. thinks wolves need protection.
C. thinks wolves should
be removed from the
endangered-species list.
D. None of the above
onions?
A. hot weather
B. heavy rains
C.drought
D. cold weather
kids fully recover from a
concussion in
A. about three days.
B. about three weeks.
C. about three months.
D. about three hours.
© 2013 TIME For Kids, timeforkids.com, Edition 5–6. This page may be photocopied for use with students. • November 8, 2013