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7. You can infer that
a. Marco Polo saw other foreign countries besides China
b. Marco Polo made up many of his stories about China

c. Marco Polo liked China more than his hometown
d. Marco Polo never went to Genoa

8. Which of these is an opinion?

a. Marco amassed a fortune working for the Chinese emperor.
b. When Marco returned home he was thrown in a Genoese jail.
c. Marco’s father travelled to China before Marco did.
d. Most of the stories in Marco Polo’s memoirs were lies.

9. The passage was mainly written to
a. denounce Marco Polo’s memoirs as a pack of lies
b. give a brief outline of Marco Polo’s life
c. imagine what life was like 700 years ago

d. argue that Marco Polo was the greatest explorer in history

10. What do the words tallest tales mean in the context of this passage?
a. a very long story

b. a very boring story
c. an amazing and false story
d. a very old story

True or False

Check “T” for true and “F” for false.

1. 700 years ago China had underground drainage T F

systems, police and fire brigades, and a postal
service.

2. Marco Polo’s father never travelled to China. T F

3. Marco Polo found China very boring. T F
4. Marco Polo was the first westerner to describe T F

China and its bordering countries.

5. Marco Polo never returned to his hometown and T F
died in China.

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