FREE RLA Reading Comprehension Questions and Answers

Question 1

Why was George Washington Carver known as the "plant doctor"?

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He could nurse sick plants back to health.

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He grew peanuts on sick soil.

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He was a plant pathologist.

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He knew plants could put nutrients back into the soil.

Question 2

How is this passage structured?

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problem and solution

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cause and effect

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chronological order

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proposition and support

Question 3

According to the passage, what problem were cotton farmers facing?

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The cotton had stripped the land of its nutrients.

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They needed food for their animals.

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Peanuts were not recognized as a crop in the United States.

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They were growing too much cotton.

Question 4

How did Carver resolve the farmers' problem?

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He told the farmers to rotate their crops.

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He came up with a plan.

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He invented the peanut.

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He gave advice to farmers with sick plants.

Question 5

This passage is mainly about:

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how George Washington Carver helped farmers improve their crop production.

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how George Washington Carver became a teacher at the Tuskegee Institute.

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why George Washington Carver studied plants.

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how George Washington Carver made peanuts a recognized crop in the United States.

Question 6

According to this passage, "crop rotation" can be described as:

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Planting a soil-depleting crop like cotton one year and then planting a soil-restoring plant like peanuts the next year

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Growing only one crop on the land year after year

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Nursing sick plants back to health

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Studying plants at an institute

Question 7

Which is the best version of sentence (1)?

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Just like having a working smoke detector in your home, having emergency supply kits will put the tools you may need at your fingertips.

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NO CHANGE

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Just like having a working smoke detectors in your home, having emergency supply kits will put the tools you may need at your fingertips.

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Just like having a working smoke detector in your home; having emergency supply kits will put the tools you may need at your fingertips.

Question 8

Which is the best version of sentence (4)?

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Remember to include, and periodically rotate, medications you take every day such as insulin and heart medicine.

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NO CHANGE

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Remember, to include and periodically rotate, medications you take every day such as insulin and heart medicine.

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Remember to include and periodically rotate medications you take every day such as insulin and heart medicine.

Question 9

Which is the best version of sentence (6)?

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Store one gallon of water per person per day in clean plastic containers for drinking and sanitation.

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NO CHANGE.

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Store one gallon of water in clean plastic containers for drinking and sanitation per person per day.

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For drinking and sanitation store one gallon of water per person per day, in clean plastic containers.

Question 10

Which is the best version of sentence (7)?

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If you live in a warm weather climate, more water may be necessary.

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NO CHANGE

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If you live in a warm weather climate more water may be necessary.

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If you live in a warm weather Climate more water may be necessary.