Read: 'In 1666 a fire started in a baker's shop in London. The houses nearby were built of wood and stood close together, so the flames jumped from roof to roof.' Why did the fire spread so fast?

• The baker poured water on the flames
• London had very few houses in 1666
• The wooden houses stood close together

Read: 'Green leaves are full of a colour called chlorophyll. In autumn the tree stops making chlorophyll. The yellow that was hiding under the green then shows through.' According to the text, what happens after the tree stops making chlorophyll?

• The leaves grow bigger and greener
• The yellow under the green shows through
• The tree starts making new chlorophyll

Read: 'A storm hit Maple Town. Strong winds snapped the power lines, and heavy rain flooded the streets.' What caused Maple Town to lose power?

• Strong winds snapped the power lines
• The town turned off the power on purpose
• The trees grew too tall

Read: 'Bees carry pollen from flower to flower. This causes new seeds to form.' True or false: pollen moving between flowers helps new seeds form.

Circle one:   True   False

Read: 'A canal boat cannot drive up a hill. Builders solved this with locks, which are water rooms with a gate at each end. The lock fills with water so the boat rises to the level of the next stretch.' Which part of the text explains WHY the lock is filled with water?

• "A canal boat cannot drive up a hill"
• "which are water rooms with a gate at each end"
• "so the boat rises to the level of the next stretch"

Read: 'A caterpillar eats leaves until its skin is too tight. It sheds the tight skin and grows a new one. After the last shed it makes a hard case called a chrysalis, and inside the case its body changes into a butterfly.' The text starts with a caterpillar eating and ends with a butterfly. What does the text put in between?

• It lays eggs on a leaf
• It sheds its skin and makes a chrysalis
• It flies away to find a new tree

Read: 'First, workers drill a small hole in the tree. The sap drips out. Then they boil the sap into syrup.' Which order matches the text?

• Drill hole, then boil sap
• Boil sap, then drill hole
• Both happen at the same time

Ben says ice floats because ice is frozen water. That is true, but the text gives a different reason. Read: 'Water takes up more space when it freezes. Ice is the same water spread into a bigger shape, so it is lighter than the water around it. That is why ice floats.' What reason does the text give?

• Ice is colder than the water in the glass
• Ice is made of frozen water
• Ice spreads into a bigger shape, so it is lighter

Read: 'The Rosetta Stone carries the same message three times, in three kinds of writing. One of them is Greek, and scholars could already read Greek. Because they could match the Greek to the Egyptian picture writing, they finally worked out what the pictures meant.' Why were scholars finally able to read the picture writing?

• The stone was carved a very long time ago
• They could match it to Greek, which they already read
• Picture writing uses animals and shapes

Read: 'In 1854 many people on one London street fell ill. A doctor named John Snow drew a map and saw that nearly all of them drank from the same water pump. The handle was taken off the pump, and the illness died down.' Which event does the text show as an effect of taking the handle off?

• John Snow drew a map of the street
• Many people on the street fell ill
• The illness died down