Speech and Debate Curriculum Part 2.pdf

Facts and Inference Story 1
Instructions: In the story that I will read to you, you may assume that all of the story is
accurate. After listening to the story, you will be given a test. For each statement in the
story put a “T” to indicate that the statement is definitely true, an “F” to indicate that the
statement is definitely false, and “?” if you can’t be certain on the basis of the story. If
any part of the statement is doubtful, mark it “?”
John and Betty Smith are awakened in the middle of the night by a noise
coming from the direction of their living room. Smith investigates and
finds that the door opening into the garden, which he thought he had
locked before going to bed, is standing wide open. Books and papers are
scattered all over the floor around the desk in one corner of the room.
Statements about Story 1:
1. _______ Mrs. Smith was awakened in the middle of the night.
2. _______ The door to the garden was open.
3. _______ Smith locked the door from his living room to his garden before going
to bed.
4. _______ The books and papers were scattered between the time Mr. Smith went to
bed and the time he was awakened.
5. _______ Smith found that the door opening onto the garden was shut.
6. _______ Mr. Smith did not lock the garden door.
7. _______ John Smith was not awakened by a noise.
8. _______ Nothing was missing from the room.
9. _______ Mrs. Smith was sleeping when she and Mr. Smith were awakened.
10._______ While a burglar was the first thing Smith thought of when he was
awakened, the story does not really make clear that there was a burglar
present.
11._______ The noise did not come from their garden.
12._______ There are papers scattered near the desk.
13._______ Mr. and Mrs. Smith were awakened in the middle of the night by a noise.
14._______ Smith saw no burglar in the living room.
Answers:1. ?, 2. T, 3. ?, 4, ?, 5. F, 6. ?, 7. F, 8. ?, 9. ?, 10. ?, 11. ?, 12. T, 13. ?, 14. ?
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