Lexile: 1380
Answer Key
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is this Article mainly about? | Every year, The Strong National Museum of Play inducts video games that have had a substantial influence on the gaming industry into its World Video Game Hall of Fame. |
| Which is the closest synonym for the word canon, as it is used in the Article? | Assemblage |
| Which of these is a statement of opinion? | Video games that offer continuous action such as Super Mario Kart are more enjoyable to play than static screen games like Microsoft Solitaire. |
| Based on information in the Article, in what way do Super Mario Kart and Microsoft Solitaire contrast? | Only Microsoft Solitaire was designed to teach players a valuable computer skill. |
| Which two words are the closest synonyms? | Hallowed and venerated |
| Why did the author include this passage? | To describe The Strong National Museum of Play’s standards for selecting inductees into the World Video Game Hall of Fame |
| Which passage from the Article best supports the idea that a game should have significantly impacted the gaming industry in order to be inducted into the hall of fame? | Microsoft Solitaire, for instance, has likely been installed on more than 1 billion computers around the world since 1991. Based on a centuries-old card game, it was both popular and influential and even taught computer users how to use a new device—the mouse. |
| Based on the Article, the reader can predict that __. | Next year’s inductees into the World Video Game Hall of Fame may not be the most popular games available at the time. |
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