Current Events: Just the facts

Indicate the answer that best completes each statement or answers each question by writing A, B, or C in each blank.

--1. What was Sister Dorothy Stang's goal in the Amazon? (A) to protect cattle on local ranches, (B) to preserve the rain forest, (C) to make Brazil the world's top soy exporter

--2. The Amazon rain forest is a sink because it (A) absorbs more carbon dioxide than it emits, (B) absorbs more oxygen than it emits, (C) can hold a lot of stuff.

--3. Who invented a process to prevent rubber from reacting to temperature changes? (A) Andrew Carnegie, (B) Harvey Firestone, (C) Charles Goodyear

--4. Experts attribute the rise in teen poker parties to (A) a decrease in teen allowances, (B) improved teen math scores, (C) the popularity of poker shows on television.

--5. People opposed to teens playing poker argue that (A) people who start gambling at a young age are more likely to become problem gamblers, (B) poker is too complicated for adolescent minds, (C) teens aren't fiscally responsible.

Answers

1. B, 2. A, 3. C, 4. C, 5. A