Reading Comprehension

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1. The main idea of this selection is best stated as:
a. The Battle of the Alamo was an enormous loss for the Americans.
b. If it weren't for the Texas Revolution, everyone in Texas would be speaking Spanish.
c. Smith, a deaf man, played an important role in the Texas Revolution.
d. Smith was a good scout.

2. General Houston was very upset about the fall of the Alamo and "sent Captain Smith to get more details." We can tell from this that:
a. General Houston trusted Smith to find out important information.
b. Houston had nothing else that Smith was able to do.
c. Houston was testing Smith to see if he was any good at his job.

3. Put the following events in the correct order:
a. The Texas Revolution started, Smith got married, Smith volunteered for service, Mexican troops tried to stop him from seeing his family.
b. Smith got married, the Texas Revolution started, Mexican troops tried to stop Smith from seeing his family, Smith volunteered for service.
c. Smith got married, the Texas Revolution started, Smith volunteered for service, Mexican troops tried to stop him from seeing his family.
d. The Texas Revolution started, Smith volunteered for service, Smith got married, Mexican troops tried to stop him from seeing his family.

4. At first, Smith refused to take part in the Texas Revolution because:
a. he was a pacifist and didn't believe in fighting.
b. Mexican soldiers stopped him from going to San Antonio.
c. he was already a Captain.
d. his wife was Mexican, and he didn't want to fight against her people.

5. The first time Smith visited Texas was in:
a. 1787
b. 1836
c. 1817
d. 1821

6. "After Mexican troops tried to stop him from going to see his family, he volunteered for service with the Texans." From this sentence we can assume that:
a. the only way for him to see his family was for him to become a Captain.
b. Smith was angry with the Mexican troops for keeping him from his family.
c. The Mexicans stopped him because he was married to a Mexican woman.
d. Smith was friends with the Mexican troops who stopped him.