Speech and Debate Curriculum Part 2.pdf

Facts and Inference Story 3
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 “?”
A man, his wife and sons, ages 11 and 14, drove across the country on a
vacation trip in their three-year-old-automobile. They started the trip on a
Friday, the thirteenth day of the month. The wife said she did not like the
idea of leaving on that day and the man laughed at her statement. During
the trip, the automobile radiator sprang a leak. The 14-year old boy nearly
drowned. The 11-year-old boy became car sick for the first time in his life.
The wife was badly sunburned. The man lost his fishing rod.
Statements about Story 3:
1. _______ There were fewer than two children in the family.
2. _______ The sedan’s radiator sprang a leak.
3. _______ The wife really didn’t mind leaving on Friday the thirteenth.
4. _______ A fishing reel was lost.
5. _______ The man turned back because his wife was superstitious.
6. _______ The 11-year-old boy had never been car sick before.
7 _______ The family’s trip began on Friday the thirteenth.
8. _______ The 11-year-old lost his fishing rod.
9. _______ The 14-year-old boy fell into water.
10._______ The mini-van was three years old.
11._______ The story mentions the name of the family taking the trip.
12._______ The wife spent two much time in the sun.
13._______ The make of the automobile in which the family made the trip was not
mentioned in the story.
14._______ The man laughed at his wife’s fears of Friday the thirteenth.
Answers:1. F, 2. ?, 3. F, 4, ?, 5. F, 6. T, 7. T, 8. ?, 9. ?, 10. ?, 11. F, 12. T, 13.T, 14. ?
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