SKILL 3: ANSWER STATED DETAIL QUESTIONS CORRECTLY
Example
The Passage:
Williamsburg is a historic city in Virginia situated on a peninsula between two rivers, the York and the James. It was settled by English colonists in 1633, twenty-six years after the first permanent English colony in America was settled at Jamestown. In the beginning the colony at Williamsburg was named Middle Plantation because of its location in the middle of the peninsula. The site for Williamsburg had been selected by the colonists because the soil drainage was better there than at the Jamestown location, and there were fewer mosquitos.
The questions:
1. According to the passage, Williamsburg is located
(A) on an island
(B) in the middle of a river
(C) where the York and the James meet
(D) on a piece of land with rivers on two sides
2. The passage indicates that Jamestown
(A) was settled 1n 1633
(B) was settled twenty-six years after Williamsburg
(C) was the first permanent English colony in America
(D) was originally named Middle Plantation
3. the passage states that the name Middle Plantation
(A) is a more recent name than Williamsburg
(B) derived from the location of the colony on the peninsula
(C) refers to the middle part of England that was home to the colonists
(D) was given to the new colony because it was located in the middle of several plantations