PARCC Reading Main Idea Practice Questions Story 4

4. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Beavers may be hard-working animals, but they don't always choose the most efficient mechanisms.

B. Beavers are excellent dam builders.

C. New Hampshire was the site of the largest beaver dam.

D. Beavers are well-developed tree cutters.

E. Beavers are poor surveyors of aquatic environments in some cases.

Correct! Wrong!

4. A: Only this choice identifies the main idea, that beavers are hard-working but not always efficient. Each of the other choices identifies one detail included in the passage, not the main idea.