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