WR News Smarts Issue #19
Write in the correct answers for each question. Then write the page you found the answer on and the headline of the story.


1. What sport does Jarkko Ruutu play professionally?

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2.  When did cane toads come to the United States?

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3. When did the Supreme Court rule that segregation is illegal?

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4. How many fingers does the robot Twenty-One have on one hand?

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5. How much cargo is shipped through the Great Lakes each year?

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6. In what grade is Judson King?

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7. What state did Hiram Revels represent in the U.S. Senate?  

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8. How many kids in the United States are vegetarians, based on a new study?

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Vocabulary Challenge!
Match each new word below with its definition.

____ 1. segregation ____ 2. vegetarian ____ 3. destructive ____ 4. opposing ____ 5. invasive specie ____ 6. prohibit (verb) ____ 7. deficiency ____ 8. woefully

A. harmful B. a shortage C. sadly D. opposite E. a person who does not eat meat F. to ban G. a plant or animal that gets moved to a new place and harms the people, animals, or plants that live there H. separation by race

Get Writing!
Encourage students to write letters to the editors about articles in WR News. Students can e-email their letters to wrnews@weeklyreader.com. We will print selected letters in WR News.

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