Central Idea
What is central idea?
A. The main event in the story.
B. How the author organizes the text.
C. The climax of a story.
D. The main thing the author wants you to know about a topic.
D. The main thing the author wants you to know about a topic.
What is a summary?
A. The best part of a story.
B. A retelling of a story's major details.
C. How many words are used in a story.
D. An essay that explains how the story contributes to society.
B. A retelling of a story's major details.
What is an inference?
A. Something that smells.
B. The best part of a story.
C. An educated guess based off clues in the text.
D. How a character interacts with other characters.
C. An educated guess based off clues in the text.
What was the main problem in the introduction?
A. People in Japan were placing plastic, paper and glass in containers outside their home to be recycled.
B. Zantow learned from a young age the importance of not wasting anything.
C. There wasn't a way to recycle in the United States yet.
D. Zantow was inspired to find a way to recycle plastic in the U.S.
C. There wasn't a way to recycle in the United States yet.
His _________ made me frustrated.
A. crying and complaining
B. cries and complains
C. cried and complained
D. cry and complain
A. crying and complaining
What is the central idea of "Meet Milly Zantow"
A. What to recycle and what not to recycle.
B. History of recycling and planning for the future.
C. Milly Zantow inspired a movement to recycle and prevent waste in the United States.
D. Landfills are bad for the environment and recycling is the best way to reduce the use of landfills.
C. Milly Zantow inspired a movement to recycle and prevent waste in the United States.
Which is the best summary for the introduction of "Meet Milly Zantow"?
A. Trash is smelly and ugly and shouldn't be in landfills unless they are cleaned or from Japan.
B. Milly learned a lot when she was younger and grew up to be very wise thanks to her parents.
C. Japan recycled way before the United States started recycling and the United States is trying to keep up with Japan's recycling efforts.
D. Zantow traveled to Japan and witnessed how they recycled and was inspired to find ways to recycle in the U.S. after she saw the landfill in her town.
D. Zantow traveled to Japan and witnessed how they recycled and was inspired to find ways to recycle in the U.S. after she saw the landfill in her town.
What can we infer about Milly Zantow in the introduction?
A. She has been to several countries.
B. Zantow has learned a lot in her old age.
C. She is disgusted by the use of plastics in landfills.
D. She works for the government.
C. She is disgusted by the use of plastics in landfills.
What is the problem in the section "Grind It Up?"
A. There were too many companies Zantow needed to talk to.
B. Plastic items needed to be washed, ground up, and sorted before recycling.
C. They just died laughing.
D. It took 700,000 milk jugs to make one load large enough to sell.
B. Plastic items needed to be washed, ground up, and sorted before recycling.
I was sad because my mom stepped on my toy and ________ against the floor.
A. she smashed
B. they smashed
C. we smashed
D. it smashed
D. it smashed
In the section "Grind It Up", which sentence best supports the central idea that "grinding trash is one way to reuse recyclable products"?
A. Zantow talked to people at different companies.
B. The trouble was that used plastic items had to be washed and ground up before the plastic could be recycled.
C. Many people thought recycling would be too difficult and too expensive.
D. One company turned the ground-up plastic into pipes.
D. One company turned the ground-up plastic into pipes.
Which sentence belongs in a summary of "Grind It Up"?
A. The trouble was that used plastic items had to be washed and ground up before the plastic could be recycled.
B. There were many types of plastic.
C. They believed there were too many obstacles.
D. Zantow and Ehl didn't worry about what other people thought.
A. The trouble was that used plastic items had to be washed and ground up before the plastic could be recycled.
What does "they just died laughing" imply about the grinder salesmen that Zantow approached in the section "Grind It Up?
A. They thought Zantow was hilarious.
B. They thought grinding trash was unnecessary.
C. They laughed at Zantow for being a grandmother.
D. They thought having a trash grinder at home was ridiculous.
D. They thought having a trash grinder at home was ridiculous.
What was the solution in the section "Grind It Up"?
A. There were many types of plastic.
B. Milk jugs and plastic bags couldn't be mixed.
C. Zantow and Ehl didn't worry about what other people thought.
D. They bought a grinding machine to clean and ground up 700,000 milk jugs.
D. They bought a grinding machine to clean and ground up 700,000 milk jugs.
A. drink
B. to drinks
C. to drink
D. to drinking
C. to drink
Which sentence best reveals the central idea for the section "Sort It Out"?
A. She needed a way to make sorting plastic easy for everyone.
B. In 1988, the United States passed a new law.
C. Zantow thought of a solution.
D. Zantow inspired many people wiht her ideas.
A. She needed a way to make sorting plastic easy for everyone.
Which sentence would be best to include in a summary of "Meet Milly Zantow"?
A. The year was 1979.
B. Inspired by what she had seen in Japan, she decided to find a way to recycle plastic in the U.S.
C. They believed there were too many obstacles.
D. It took 700,00 milk jugs to make one load large enough to sell.
B. Inspired by what she had seen in Japan, she decided to find a way to recycle plastic in the U.S.
How does Jenny contribute to the story?
A. She laughed at Zantow when she wanted a trash grinder.
B. She was discouraged about all the obstacles and gave up.
C. She supported Zantow figure out ways to solve the problems.
D. She passed the laws that made companies put an imprint on plastics.
C. She supported Zantow figure out ways to solve the problems.
Which phrase signals the problem in the section "Sort It Out"?
A. She needed to face the next big challenge.
B. Zantow thought of a solution.
C. We came up with the idea of a little imprint on the bottom of every container.
D. Companies had to put the numbered triangles on all plastic products.
A. She needed to face the next big challenge.
_________, I noticed I was the only student paying attention!
A. Scan the room
B. Scanning the room
C. Scans the room
D. Scanned the room
B. Scanning the room
What is two details the supports the central idea that Zantow changed the world?
A. She was hilarious in her pursuit to get trash grinders in homes.
B. She helped create new laws in many places.
C. The numbered triangle is there because of the work of Milly Zantow.
D. Zantow couldn't have changed the world without her friend Jenny Ehl.
E. Milly saw piles of smelly and ugly plastic in her towns landfill.
B. She helped create new laws in many places.
C. The numbered triangle is there because of the work of Milly Zantow.
Which is the best summary of "Meet Milly Zantow"?
A. There weren't laws in the United States for recycling...until now!
B. To recycle plastic you must first wash it, grind it, then sort it.
C. Milly Zantow worked hard to find solutions to increase recycling in many places.
D. Japan started to recycle and inspired the United States to create a law the made companies put a numbered triangle on all plastic items.
C. Milly Zantow worked hard to find solutions to increase recycling in many places.
What two ways did Zantow contribute to changing the world?
A. Towns and cities have recycling programs.
B. She is a great example on how to be a great grandmother.
C. Landfills are no longer allowed in most states.
D. Trash grinders are commonly used in most households.
E. Places around the world have laws that prevent plastics from entering landfills.
A. Towns and cities have recycling programs.
E. Places around the world have laws that prevent plastics from entering landfills.
What was the problem in the section "Sort It Out"?
A. Zantow was collecting things that couldn't be recycled.
B. Sorting plastic needed to be easier for everyone.
C. The imprint on the containers didn't make sense.
D. The United States wouldn't pass laws to help with recycling.
B. Sorting plastic needed to be easier for everyone.
If it is not raining, __________ outside.
A. students are not going
B. students is going
C. students will be going
D. students were going
C. students will be going