Reading Comprehension

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1. Juliette started having trouble with her hearing when:
a. she had a very high fever.
b. she was 17 years old.
c. she got married.
d. she organized the Girl Scouts.

2. "Sometimes the women were reluctant to give their time due to family responsibilities." This sentence means:
a. The women were eager to help her start Girl Guides troops.
b. The women wanted to help, but had something due that they needed to work on.
c. The women were in charge of other families.
d. The women didn't want to help her because they were too busy with their families.

3. The main idea of this passage can best be stated as:
a. Juliette Low, a deaf woman, used determination and persistence to start Girl Scout troops all over the world.
b. Juliette Low, a deaf woman, was very pushy and always got what she wanted.
c. Juliette Low, a deaf woman, traveled to many different places in her life time but ended up back in Savannah.
d. Without Juliette, the Girl Scouts would still only be a British phenomenon.

4. "...Juliette started the first Girl Guides troop in the country in her home town of Savannah. By the time she went back to England six months later, there were six Girl Guide troops in Savannah." From this statement we can assume that:
a. Juliette liked the uniforms they Girl Guides wore.
b. Other people set up their own troops because they were jealous of Juliette.
c. Juliette helped to start all six of these troops.
d. The girls in the first troop argued and had to be separated into six different troops.

5. Juliette did things in this order:
a. Went to England, married William, watched the Girl Guides meetings, organized her own Girl Guides troops.
b. Watched the Girl Guides meetings, went to England, married William, organized her own Girl Guides troops.
c. Married William, went to England, organized her own Girl Guides troops, watched the Girl Guides meetings.
d. Married William, went to England, watched the Girl Guides meetings, organized her own Girl Guides troops.

6. After reading the passage, we can assume that:
a. Juliette had to work because her husband didn't make enough money.
b. Juliette enjoyed being busy and helping others.
c. Juliette wanted to be a Girl Guide herself, but she was too old.
d. Juliette's husband didn't approve of her involvement in this association.