NameSelectionComprehensionChoosethebestanswerforeachquestion.1.Whatistheauthor’sMAINpurposeforwritingthisselection?totellwhyplanetshaveGreeknamestotellhowaplanetwasdiscoveredtoexplainhowaplanetwasnamedtoexplainwhereaplanetislocated2.WhywasVenetiaespeciallyinterestedinnamingaplanet?Shewantedtobecomeafamousastronomer.Hergreat-unclehadnamedthemoonsofMars.Shethoughttheplanetshouldbenamedbyagirl.Herfamilyhopedtheywouldbegreatlyhonored.3.WhydidVenetia,uponhearingaboutthenewplanet,beginlookingthroughherbooks?Sheknewthatplanetsweretraditionallynamedfrommythology.Sheneededtolearnhowtheothereightplanetshadbeennamed.ShewantedtoprovethatachildinEnglandcouldnameaplanet.ShewantedtoreadabouttheastronomerPercivalLowell.4.Howdoyouknowthat“TheKidWhoNamedPluto”isexpositorynonfiction?Itiswritteninthefirst-personpointofview.Ittellsaboutpeople,places,andeventsthatarereal.Itissetinthefutureandhastechnologyofthefuture.Ithasdetailsaboutimportanteventsintheauthor’slife.5.WhatistheMOSTLIKELYreasonZymalwasnotchosenasthenewplanet’sname?Zymalreferredtojustoneoftheplanet’scharacteristics.Zymalwasnotthelastwordinmanycurrentdictionaries.TheobservatorymemberswantedanamewithLowell’sinitials.Scientistsdidnotknowthiswasthelastplanetinthesolarsystem.WeeklyLessonTestLesson18©Harcourt•Grade6157SelectionComprehension“TheKidWhoNamedPluto”NameTOTALSCORE:/8+/26.WhichsentenceisanOPINIONfrom“TheKidWhoNamedPluto”?Anunknownobjectwastravelingacrossthesolarsystem!Theobjectcouldonlybeonething:PlanetX!PercivalorLowelljustdidn’tseemtofit.AtfirsttheyfavoredCronus.7.Howdoestheauthororganizeinformationinmostof“TheKidWhoNamedPluto”?HearrangesdetailsaboutnamingPlutofromgreatesttoleastimportance.HestatesanopinionaboutnamingPlutoandsupportsitwithdetails.HecomparesthenamingofPlutotothenamingofanotherplanet.HetellseventsrelatedtonamingPlutointheordertheyoccurred.8.WhatdoestheauthorbelieveisamazingaboutofthediscoveryofPluto?Theinformationusedtopredicttheplanet’sexistencewasincorrect.ClydeTombaughwasreallyloo...
