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3 spring (informational text) 1. Which sentence from this article is an opinion? A. Hearty grasses and wildflowers once covered the western Great Plains. B. In his way, Hugh Bennett was a true American hero. C. In 1939, heavy rains began to fall on the Great Plains. D. Ranchers brought huge herds of cattle to the Great Plains. 2. Based on details in the article, what is the key to preventing another Dust Bowl? A. Reducing soil erosion B. Banning farming in dry areas C. Keeping cattle in fenced areas D. Using plows to make soil loose 3. Clues in the text let us know that before the Dust Bowl people didn t understand that A. droughts can last for years. B. breathing dust can cause death. C. droughts are caused by dust storms. D. many native plants prevent soil erosion. 4. What would most likely have happened if farmers in the 1930s had refused to practice the methods of soil conservation that Bennett introduced? A. The rain would not have returned in B. Farmers would have raised more cattle. C. More people would have moved to the Great Plains. D. The Dust Bowl would have been more damaging. 5. The article says, Many of them (the farmers) traveled west, looking for any work they could find. From this we understand that A. nobody stayed in the region where the Dust Bowl occurred. B. the Dust Bowl caused a social movement away from the region. C. farmers could not leave the region unless they found other work. D. the roads to the eastern part of the country were buried under dust.

4 spring (informational text) 6. The following changes all helped end the dust storms. Which of them happened first? A. The government paid farmers to practice soil conservation. B. Heavy rains began to fall on the Great Plains. C. Trees were planted to keep winds from blowing away the soil. D. Farmers started plowing their soil into ditches called furrows. 7. The article says that when farmers plowed, the loose, unprotected soil quickly became parched in the hot sun. When used this way, a close synonym for parched would be A. refreshed B. fertile C. dried D. dark 8. A farming expert named Hugh Bennett came up with a plan for preserving the soil. Used this way, preserving means: A. damaging B. drying out C. farming D. protecting 9. The prefix in the word unable is. 10. What is the root/base word of conservation? 11. What is an antonym of drought? A. flooded B. parched C. dryness D. weathered 12. The effects of these storms were tragic. When used this way, tragic most likely means A. misfortunate B. peaceful C. misunderstood D. calming

5 teacher answer key 1. Which sentence from this article is an opinion? A. Hearty grasses and wildflowers once covered the western Great Plains. (draw conclusions fact / opinion) B. In his way, Hugh Bennett was a true American hero. C. In 1939, heavy rains began to fall on the Great Plains. D. Ranchers brought huge herds of cattle to the Great Plains. 2. Based on details in the article, what is the key to preventing another Dust Bowl? (Recognize sequence of events and main ideas) A. Reducing soil erosion B. Banning farming in dry areas C. Keeping cattle in fenced areas D. Using plows to make soil loose 3. Clues in the text let us know that before the Dust Bowl people didn t understand that (Draw inferences) A. droughts can last for years. B. breathing dust can cause death. C. droughts are caused by dust storms. D. many native plants prevent soil erosion. 4. What would most likely have happened if farmers in the 1930s had refused to practice the methods of soil conservation that Bennett introduced? (Predict future outcomes supported by the text.) A. The rain would not have returned in B. Farmers would have raised more cattle. C. More people would have moved to the Great Plains. D. The Dust Bowl would have been more damaging. 5. The article says, Many of them (the farmers) traveled west, looking for any work they could find. From this we understand that (inferences) A. nobody stayed in the region where the Dust Bowl occurred. B. the Dust Bowl caused a social movement away from the region. C. farmers could not leave the region unless they found other work. D. the roads to the eastern part of the country were buried under dust.

6 teacher answer key 6. The following changes all helped end the dust storms. Which of them happened first? (recognize sequence of events) A. The government paid farmers to practice soil conservation. B. Heavy rains began to fall on the Great Plains. C. Trees were planted to keep winds from blowing away the soil. D. Farmers started plowing their soil into ditches called furrows. 7. The article says that when farmers plowed, the loose, unprotected soil quickly became parched in the hot sun. When used this way, a close synonym for parched would be (vocabulary - synonym) A. refreshed B. fertile C. dried D. dark 8. A farming expert named Hugh Bennett came up with a plan for preserving the soil. Used this way, preserving means: (vocabulary context) A. damaging B. drying out C. farming D. protecting 9. The prefix in the word unable is un. (vocabulary prefix) 10. What is the root/base word of conservation? conserve. (vocabulary base / root word) 11. What is an antonym of drought? (vocabulary antonym) A. flooded B. parched C. dryness D. weathered 12. The effects of these storms were tragic. When used this way, tragic most likely means (vocabulary context clues) A. unfortunate B. peaceful C. misunderstood D. calming