Summary Practice 1
Reading Quiz
Which BELONGS in a summary of the text?
Elephants travel on a circus train too.
W.C. Coup partnered with P.T. Barnum in 1871.
Some circuses used to have more than 600 horses.
Trains made circuses more profitable.
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Which DOES NOT BELONG in a summary of the text?
Circuses made more money using trains.
Trains made it easier for circuses to travel.
W.C. Coup is credited as one of the first to use a circus train.
Circuses grew larger by making more money.
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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 is short for 'Train a Grande Vitesse'
April 3rd, 2007 was a historic day for trains.
TGV trains move so fast that they are dangerous.
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Electricity powers TGV trains.
TGV are French passenger trains.
Petrol powered trains can travel pretty fast too.
TGV are the fastest trains in the world.
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Which best describes that MAIN IDEA of the text?
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.
Electricty is much safer and more efficient that petrol fuel.
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Which BELONGS in a summary of the text?
The Yankees lived in the Northeast, far from the Southwest.
Cows used to graze on the open range.
Cowboys fought with cattle rustlers to protect their herds.
Trains allowed cowboys to ship cattle across the country.
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Which DOES NOT BELONG in a summary of the text?
Trains brought cows to the East.
Facing extreme weather was one of the greatest risks of being a cowboy.
Easterners paid high prices for beef.
Cowboys brought cows to train stations.
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Barbed wire ended the open range and the cowboy lifestyle.
Cowboys lived a very dangerous life but made a lot of money.
Trains helped to grow the beef market and create cowboys.
Cowboys robbed trains and stole easy money from passengers.
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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.
Busses can drive anywhere but a tram has to stay on a track.
Trams require electric tracks and cables to run.
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Which DOES NOT BELONG in a summary of the text?
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?
The Great Depression was a very hard time for most Americans.
Car companies made public transportation worse to boost their sales.
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.
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