Level Z

Quick Check Adaptive Athletes

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

1. Which of these words best 3. Read this sentence: Guttmann’s

describes the author’s attitude
toward the adaptive athletes?
A discouraged
B respectful
C disappointed
D angry
2. The author wrote Adaptive
Athletes mainly to
A explain the history of
this group of specially
skilled people
B persuade readers to attend
the Paralympic Games
C inform readers with specific
details about types of
disabilities
D entertain readers with stories
of famous athletes
goal was to eventually make his
competition into a prestigious
event equivalent to the Olympics.
What does the word prestigious
mean?
A extremely large
B parallel
C honored, respected,
. or held in high standing
D well-known or popular
4. Why did Sir Ludwig Guttmann
want to start the Paralympics?
A He was disabled and wanted
to compete.
B He wanted to rehabilitate
World War II veterans who
had spinal injuries.
C He knew many athletes.
D He didn’t intend to start
the Games—it happened
by accident.

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5. Why must Paralympic swimmers 7. What makes this book an

wear blackened goggles during informational nonfiction book?
some events?
A It is a factual book that
A so that partially sighted gives information about
swimmers do not have real events.
an advantage
B It is written from the
B so that judges don’t know imagination of the writer.
who is blind and who is not
C It has rhythm and rhyme.
C so that the swimmers know D It is a story about one
when they are approaching person’s life.
the wall
8. What is Trischa Zorn known for?
D all of the above
6. What do the Olympics and the
A She is the most decorated
cross-country athlete.
Paralympics have in common?
B She is the most decorated
A They both have gifted Paralympian in history.
athletes competing for
their countries. C She is the most decorated
athlete in the Winter Games.
B They both are held in the
same city and same venue. D Both A and B
C They both are held every
four years.
D All of the above

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9. A device known as an 11. Extended Response: Explain

exoskeleton could help many in your own words what Oscar
people with mobility. Which Pistorius meant when he said,
of the following is an example “You’re not disabled by the
of someone who needs help disabilities you have. You are
with mobility? able by the abilities you have.”
A someone who is blind 12. Extended Response: Do you
or partially blind think athletes should be
B someone who is deaf allowed to compete in future
Paralympics with robotic legs?
C someone who has an Why or why not?
intellectual disability
D someone who is paralyzed
and can’t use his or her legs
to walk
10. What problem did Londoners
face after winning the bid for
the Olympics and Paralympics
in 2005?
A The majority of people in
London did not want the
Games held there.
B It was going to cost billions
of British pounds to build
the facilities.
C The facilities were not built
for people with disabilities.
D The cities of Madrid and
Moscow wanted a recount
of the votes.

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Quick Check Answer Sheet Adaptive Athletes
Main Comprehension Skill: Main Idea and Details

1. b Author’s Point of View

2. a Author’s Purpose

3. c Vocabulary

4. b Cause and Effect

5. a Cause and Effect

6. d Compare and Contrast

7. a Identify Genre

8. b Main Idea and Details

9. d Vocabulary

10. b Sequence Events

11. Answers will vary but should

include any conclusions drawn
from the book and students’
background knowledge of
people with disabilities, for
example, people with disabilities
should be known for what they
can do, not what they can’t do,
and so on.
12. Answers will vary according to
personal experiences, opinions,
and background knowledge.

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