So You Want to Be President?

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So You Want to Be President?
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Vocabulary

• The Constitution is
• Sculpture or four presidents
• Document stating a system of laws

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Answer

• Document stating a system of laws

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Vocabulary

• Politics are
• Ceremonies
• government

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Answer

• Government

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Vocabulary

• Howling is another word for
• Celebrated
• tremendous

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Answer

• Tremendous

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Vocabulary

• Solemnly also means
• Seriously
• Angrily

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Answer

• Seriously

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Vocabulary

• To have responsibility is to have
• a. Decisions
• b. Duty

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Answer

• Duty

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Vocabulary

• To be vain is to
• a. be jealous
• b. prideful

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Answer

• Prideful

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Vocabulary

• When a person is humble, they are
• a. modest
• b. decorative
• c. sturdy

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Answer

• Modest

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Comprehension

• One detail from the selection was The President
  never has to take out the garbage. Which main
  idea does this detail support?
• There are good and bad things about being
  President.
• Every Presidents has had brothers and sisters.

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Answer

• There are good and bad things about being
  President.

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Comprehension

• Which of the following was an opinion in this
  selection?
• Theodore Roosevelt was president at age
  forty-two.
• Benjamin Harrison was lucky to have grown up on a
  large farm.
• James Polk and James Buchanan both had nine
  brothers and sisters.

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Answer

• Benjamin Harrison was lucky to have grown up on a
  large farm.

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Comprehension

• What did Quentin Roosevelt do to cheer up his
  sick brother?

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Answer

• Rode his pony upstairs in the White House
  Elevator.

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Comprehension

• Which of these was a main idea of this
  selection?
• Some presidents preferred dogs
• The Coolidge's had a pet raccoon.
• All kinds of pets lived in the White House.

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Answer

• All kinds of pets lived in the White House.

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Comprehension

• According to the selection, what did Presidents
  George Washington, Andrew Johnson, and Harry
  Truman have in common?
• None of them went to college.
• They were all lawyers.
• None of them lived in the White House

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Answer

• None of them went to college.

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Comprehension

• Which generalization is supported by details in
  the selection?
• All presidents have enjoyed their job.
• Only people with a lot of money have been
  President.
• Being President has always been a lot of work.

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Answer

• Being President has always been a lot of work.

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Comprehension

• Why did the author write this story?

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Answer

• To tell interesting facts about different
  Presidents.

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Comprehension

• Which of the following was a main idea of the
  selection?
• Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory
• Most People become President to be famous.
• People want to be President for different
  reasons.

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Answer

• People want to be President for different
  reasons.

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Comprehension

• Abraham Lincoln said, I know very well that many
  others might in this matter as in others, do
  better than I can. From this quote, you can
  tell that Lincoln was probably
• Greedy
• Curious
• Impatient
• humble

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Answer

• humble