Ask and Answer Questions About Text Practice Test

Read the text. Sunflowers are tall plants that can grow up to 12 feet high. They got their name because their flowers turn to face the sun during the day. This movement is called heliotropism. Sunflowers produce seeds that people and animals eat. Each sunflower head can contain up to 2,000 seeds. What is the movement called when sunflowers turn to face the sun?

Read the text. Ruby Bridges was born in 1954 in Mississippi. When she was six years old, she became the first African American child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana. This happened in 1960. Ruby was escorted by federal marshals because some people protested. She showed courage by going to school every day. When did Ruby Bridges attend the all-white school?