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    The document is a reading comprehension quiz about a passage that discusses a debate over who should be allowed to excavate and collect dinosaur fossils. The passage describes how a rare discovery of two fossilized dinosaurs fighting in Montana sparked this debate between paleontologists and commercial fossil hunters. The quiz aims to assess the reader's understanding of the key details and differing perspectives presented in the passage.

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    The document is a reading comprehension quiz about a passage that discusses a debate over who should be allowed to excavate and collect dinosaur fossils. The passage describes how a rare discovery of two fossilized dinosaurs fighting in Montana sparked this debate between paleontologists and commercial fossil hunters. The quiz aims to assess the reader's understanding of the key details and differing perspectives presented in the passage.

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    Level Z

    Quick Check Dino Duel

    Name Date
    Instructions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.

    1. Why did the author choose 3. Read this phrase from the text:
    the title “Dueling Humans” the opposition to the specimen
    for the second section? is due to some academic
    paleontologists being biased
    A The author explains how against commercial fossil
    humans duel.
    hunters. What does the
    B The author compares humans word biased mean?
    to dinosaurs.
    A unkind
    C The author explains the
    two groups of people who B unreasonably angry
    are fighting over fossils. C showing unfair support for
    one group over another
    D All of the above
    2. What was unusual about D ignoring someone
    or something
    the two dinosaurs found
    in Montana? 4. The sidebar and photographs
    on page 9 help the
    A They had all their bones. reader .
    B The bones were connected.
    A understand the difficult
    C They included patches of skin. work of excavation
    D All of the above B see dinosaurs in action
    C understand the duel between
    two dinosaurs
    D see what people do in college

    Quick Check continued on following page


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    Level Z
    Quick Check (continued) Dino Duel

    Name Date

    5. What generally happens first 8. What is the main difference in


    once a fossil is found in the opinion between paleontologists
    ground? and commercial fossil hunters?
    A It’s transported to a lab. A who should own fossils
    B Its position in the ground and B who can study dinosaurs
    other details are recorded.
    C who can learn paleontology
    C Paleontologists chisel it out. in Germany
    D Fossil hunters auction it off D what fossils can be labeled as
    to the highest bidder. carnivores and as herbivores
    6. The author includes both sides 9. The dinosaurs found in Montana
    of the fossil debate to . sparked a debate in the field
    of paleontology. What is
    A inform you of the facts and paleontology?
    arguments of each side
    B persuade you to form your A fossil hunting
    own opinion B the study of plant and animal
    fossils
    C entertain you with stories
    about fossil hunters C attending a university
    or college
    D both A and B
    7. What is a question the author D the act of selling or buying
    wants you to think about?
    A Should fossils belong to the
    world or to the people on
    whose land they’re found?
    B Who should be allowed
    to collect and own fossils?
    C What would you do if you
    found a dinosaur fossil?
    D All of the above
    Quick Check continued on following page
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    Level Z
    Quick Check (continued) Dino Duel

    Name Date

    10. Which of the following would


    be considered an opinion?
    A Excavating fossils
    is painstaking and
    time consuming.
    B The entire eastern portion
    of Montana contains many
    fossils.
    C Paying for fossils encourages
    more people to become
    commercial fossil hunters.
    D Proper excavation techniques
    can be learned in places other
    than universities.
    11. Extended Response: After
    reading about both sides of
    the debate, who do you think
    should be allowed to excavate
    and collect fossils?
    12. Extended Response: What do
    you think will be the fate of
    the Montana Dueling Dinosaurs?
    Explain.

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    Level Z
    Quick Check Answer Sheet Dino Duel
    Main Comprehension Skill: Compare and Contrast

    1. c Main Idea and Details

    2. d Compare and Contrast 

    3. c Vocabulary

    4. a Make Inferences / Draw Conclusions

    5. b Sequence Events

    6. d Author’s Purpose

    7. d Main Idea and Details

    8. a Compare and Contrast

    9. b Vocabulary

    10. c Fact and Opinion

    11. Answers will vary, but opinions


    should be on the basis of and
    include evidence from the text.
    12. Answers will vary but should
    include information from the
    book to draw conclusions or
    make predictions.

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