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Summary Practice 1
Reading Quiz
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Which BELONGS in a summary of the text?
W.C. Coup partnered with P.T. Barnum in 1871.
Elephants travel on a circus train too.
Some circuses used to have more than 600 horses.
Trains made circuses more profitable.
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Circuses made more money using trains.
Circuses grew larger by making more money.
W.C. Coup is credited as one of the first to use a circus train.
Trains made it easier for circuses to travel.
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Which best describes that MAIN IDEA of the text?
P.T. Barnum was a magnificent showman.
Small towns are not a great place to bring your circus.
Moving a circus to another town is fast and easy.
Circuses grew larger because of trains.
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TGV trains move so fast that they are dangerous.
TGV is short for 'Train a Grande Vitesse'
April 3rd, 2007 was a historic day for trains.
TGV trains have set many speed records.
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TGV are French passenger trains.
TGV are the fastest trains in the world.
Electricity powers TGV trains.
Petrol powered trains can travel pretty fast too.
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A TGV test train reached speeds of up to 357.2 MPH.
Electricty is much safer and more efficient that petrol fuel.
The French have no translation for the phrase 'Holy Cow.'
The TGV, a French passenger train, is the fastest in the world.
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Which BELONGS in a summary of the text?
The Yankees lived in the Northeast, far from the Southwest.
Cowboys fought with cattle rustlers to protect their herds.
Cows used to graze on the open range.
Trains allowed cowboys to ship cattle across the country.
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Facing extreme weather was one of the greatest risks of being a cowboy.
Cowboys brought cows to train stations.
Easterners paid high prices for beef.
Trains brought cows to the East.
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Which best describes that MAIN IDEA of the text?
Cowboys lived a very dangerous life but made a lot of money.
Barbed wire ended the open range and the cowboy lifestyle.
Cowboys robbed trains and stole easy money from passengers.
Trains helped to grow the beef market and create cowboys.
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Which BELONGS in a summary of the text?
Auto companies tried to destroy the public tram system.
Labor strikes helped to end the public tram system.
Trams require electric tracks and cables to run.
Busses can drive anywhere but a tram has to stay on a track.
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The Great Depression was another reason the tram system ended.
Trams used to be the main form of public transportation.
The trams were replaced by busses.
Car companies worked together to destroy the tram system.
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Which best describes that MAIN IDEA of the text?
Electric trolley cars were inconvient due to needing cables and tracks to run.
The bus system was a great improvement over the electric trolley system.
The Great Depression was a very hard time for most Americans.
Car companies made public transportation worse to boost their sales.
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