The Roswell Incident

1.

1 point

Choose the best one-sentence paraphrase for the following sentence from the article:

"To drive his point home, General Ramey met with the press."

General Ramey drove home to meet with the press.

General Ramey talked with reporters in order to make his message clear.

General Ramey pointed out his home after he drove up to meet with the reporters.

2.

1 point

Opinion or Fact?

All open-minded people believe that the object that crash-landed in Roswell was a flying saucer.

opinion

fact

3.

1 point

Mac Brazel was

an air force officer.

a sheep farmer.

a Roswell police officer.

4.

1 point

According to some people, the bodies found in the crash were

buried in the New Mexico desert.

flown to Texas.

burned beyond recognition.

5.

1 point

Making Inferences:

Stanton Friedman believed the air force version of the incident.

correct inference

faulty inference

6.

1 point

Making Inferences:

The sheriff at Roswell did not believe Mac's story.

correct inference

faulty inference

7.

1 point

Making Inferences:

Many people accept the air force's explanation of the Roswell incident.

correct inference

faulty inference

8.

1 point

Opinion or Fact?

It is likely that the air force planted debris on Mac Brazel's ranch to divert attention from the real crash site.

opinion

fact

9.

1 point

What is the author's purpose in writing "The Roswell Incident"?

To encourage the reader to believe in UFOs.

To inform the reader about a controversy involving a possible air force cover-up.

To emphasize the similarities between aliens and humans.

10.

1 point

Making Inferences:

Mac Brazel was not a believable witness.

correct inference

faulty inference

11.

1 point

Making Inferences:

It is difficult to keep a secret forever.

correct inference

faulty inference

12.

1 point

The air force claimed that the object that crashed was a

jet fighter plane.

flying saucer.

weather balloon.

13.

1 point

What does the author mean by the statement, "What they saw was right out of a science fiction movie"?

The objects were so strange that they might have appeared in a science fiction movie.

The people who saw the objects had just been to see a science fiction movie.

The objects the people saw had been used in a science fiction movie.

14.

1 point

Judging by what the article told about the air force's reaction to the Roswell incident, you can predict that the air force will

continue to claim that a weather balloon crashed on Mac Brazel's property.

admit that a UFO carrying aliens crashed in the desert.

execute all witnesses who tell what they saw at the crash site.

15.

1 point

A number of witnesses said the object that crashed was made of

an unknown material.

aluminum.

a thin, foil-like metal.

16.

1 point

Opinion or Fact?

Eyewitness accounts of the incident do not agree with the air force's official version.

opinion

fact

17.

1 point

The scientist who challenged the air force version of the incident was

Roger Ramey.

Barney Barnett.

Stanton Friedman.