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Reading Questions

Choose the best answer.

1. Where was Marco Polo from?

a. Genoa
b. China
c. Rome
d. Venice

2. Which of these is mentioned first in the passage?
a. The emperor took Marco hunting on royal elephants.
b. On his deathbed Marco said, “I have not told half of what I saw.”

c. Marco eventually returned home to Venice.
d. Marco was the first westerner to see the Pacific Ocean.

3. The Chinese emperor gave Marco the run of his palaces and summer

resorts because
a. he was afraid of Marco’s father
b. he was so impressed by Marco

c. Marco outlined a route across the Asian continent
d. Marco shared the emperor’s love for coconuts

4. The color of coconuts is like

a. coal
b. milk
c. marble
d. a man’s head

5. Predict how Marco Polo would feel about seeing China today.
a. amazed
b. unimpressed
c. uninterested

d. tired

6. In the context of this passage the word rival means
a. to equal

b. an ally
c. a competitor
d. a dependent

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