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Building Background Knowledge 9

Quiz by Scott Burns

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25 questions
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  • Q1
    What is found inside our bones?
    marrow
    blood
    bile
    fat
    30s
  • Q2
    What is the material that your nose is made of called?
    bone
    cartilage
    gristle
    chitin
    30s
  • Q3
    What do doctor's use to examine your bones?
    x-rays
    microscopes
    an MRI
    sonar
    30s
  • Q4
    Which is not a desert?
    Sahara
    Kalahari
    Patagonia
    Gobi
    30s
  • Q5
    What is a cartographer?
    a carry-out boy
    someone who draws cartoons
    someone who boxes product in a factory
    someone who makes maps
    30s
  • Q6
    Remember the Alamo is connected with what war?
    the Vietnam War
    the Mexican War
    the War of 1812
    the Gulf War
    30s
  • Q7
    Which is not one of the four kinds of sentences?
    complex
    simple
    run-on
    compound
    20s
  • Q8
    "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" was written by
    Agatha Christie
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    Charles Dickens
    Mark Twain
    20s
  • Q9
    What are the lines called that go together in a poem?
    chorus
    paragraphs
    stanzas
    rhythm
    20s
  • Q10
    Don't look a gift horse in the mouth means
    horses make the best gifts.
    horses make lousy gifts.
    It is wrong to snoop for your presents.
    you should be grateful when you get a present.
    20s
  • Q11
    Hitch your wagon to a star means
    set high goals for yourself.
    follow the popular kids.
    do whatever popular kids tell you to do.
    the best wagons are made by Star Manufacturing.
    20s
  • Q12
    It's not over until it is over means
    slow up if you are going to lose to say yourself for the next match.
    keep giving your best effort until the game or competition ends.
    it is alright to cheat to win a championship.
    quit if you are way behind.
    20s
  • Q13
    What were haciendas?
    Spanish estates with lots of marble.
    Spanish ranches in the new world.
    Spanish slave plantations.
    Spanish factories in the new world.
    20s
  • Q14
    What river separates Texas and Mexico?
    the Rio Grande
    the Nile
    the Amazon
    the Brazos
    20s
  • Q15
    Napoleon was a military leader of
    France.
    Italy.
    Sweden.
    Canada.
    20s

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