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To be used with the February 1, 2016, issue
Edition 5/6
Name _______________________________ Date _________________________
Be a Quiz Whiz!
For each question below, fill in the circle next to the correct answer.
Smoggy City
6. Why does New Hampshire get a lot of attention
Page 2
1. Which of the following is a cause of air
leading up to a presidential election?
pollution in Beijing?
A It has the largest population in the U.S.
A Schools were closed for five extra days in
B The biggest campaign donors live there.
December.
C The first primaries take place there.
B The city issued air pollution “red alerts” for
D The candidate who gets the most votes there
the first time.
will become the next president.
C Officials closed some factories and allowed
7. Which of the following does the author
only some cars to be on the city’s roads.
suggest in section 5 of the article?
D The city is home to hundreds of factories
A It’s not fair that the Republican Party has
and more than 5 million cars.
more candidates than the Democratic Party.
2. What may alleviate the smog problem in China?
B Hillary Clinton is likely to become the first
A breathing in smog
female president.
B opening more schools
C The current front-runners may not end up
C limiting the number of cars on the road
being chosen as nominees for president.
D burning coal during cold winter months
D Being a billionaire increases a candidate’s
popularity.
A Super Celebration
Page 3
No Driver Required!
3. Which detail explains why the first Super Bowl
Page 6
was not sold out?
8. Which word or phrase means nearly the same
A People thought tickets were too expensive.
as automated as it’s used in the article?
B The game took place at the Los Angeles
A self-driving
C slow-moving
Coliseum.
B distracted
D safe
C More than 33,000 seats were empty.
9. Which of the following statements would
D The game was officially called the AFL-NFL
Jeffrey Miller most likely agree with?
World Championship Game.
A A person’s mood can affect his or her
4. The purpose of the chart “Super Bowl by the
driving.
Numbers” is to show that ___.
B Self-driving cars are more likely to cause
A the Super Bowl is losing popularity
accidents than regular cars.
B the Super Bowl is a huge event
C Self-driving cars are not likely to go on sale
C football is the most popular sport in the U.S.
anytime soon.
D the Pittsburgh Steelers are the best team in
D Drivers should not be given tickets for
the National Football League
driving too slowly.
The Road to the White House
10. The author gives information about driverless
Pages 4-5
5. Why do you think section 2 is titled “Election
cars by doing all of the following except ___.
season is party time.”?
A including quotes from an expert
A Candidates throw parties to attract voters.
B citing statistics about the safety of the cars
B The author wants to show that election
C explaining how the cars work
season is fun, like a party.
D comparing Google’s driverless cars with
C The word party can also mean “election.”
those being tested by Ford and Toyota
D The section is about groups of people called
political parties.

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