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Sample
Test, Section A: Answers
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following statements regarding
the sale of Canadian water is correct?
A Thunder Bay bureaucrats were
against the sale of water to Asia.
B John Febbaro offered
to surrender his permit if the sale of Great Lakes water was banned.
C Environment Minister Norm
Sterling was responsible for the sale of water outside Canada.
D Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd
Axworthy encouraged the sale of water to foreign countries.
2. How did John Febbaro start the controversy?
A Failing to look beyond his
own jurisdiction.
B Shipping water to California.
C Planning to export
water to Asia
D Pledging to block the sale
of water.
3. Which of the following statements
is a fact?
A Once begun,
exports of water would be impossible to stop.
B The B.C. government banned
the export of water.
C We cannot afford to
be so careless with our precious inheritance.
D The two bureaucrats thought
there were far reaching implications.
4. Another water diversion project was
halted in
A P. E.
I.
B Nova Scotia
C Quebec
D B.C.
5. What did trade critics warn of when
Canada & the U.S. negotiated the free trade agreement?
A Private
companies would sell water.
B Governments would
sell water.
C The US would sell
water.
D Asia would sell
water.
6. John Febbao agreed to surrender his
permit if
A He could
sell to B.C.
B He could sell to the
U.S.
C Ottawa, Ontario,
and the U.S. banned water.
D He could sell in 20 litre
bottles.
7. Which of the following statements
is false?
A. We
need reliable safeguards.
B. Water exports almost became
legal by accident.
C. Water is now
available for export in any amount.
D. Critics are worried
about the export of water.
Written Answers (Answer in full and
correctly written sentences)
8. According to this article, what happened
when a B.C. company wanted to send water to California?
Use information from this selection to
support your answer.
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British Columbia company wanted to sell water to California
because California was experiencing |
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drought. When other companies rushed to get permission
too, the government limited the amount |
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water available for export to 20 litre bottles. |
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| Comments:
Answer directly responds to the question "What happened".
More than one sentence |
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given. The information in the answer comes from the text of
the article. |
9. Why do you think that Lloyd Axworthy would
want to block the export of Canadian water?
Use information from this selection and your
own ideas to support your answer.
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Axworthy would want to block export because "water is a
precious inheritance." Canadians |
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good drinking water. Exporting water to other countries would
only make it more difficult for |
| Canada
to provide clean water to its own citizens. |
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| Comments:
Answer directly responds to the question "Why". Content
in the first sentence is |
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is taken directly from the selection. This is requirement of
the question. The second and third sentences |
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the writer's ideas. This is also a requirement of the question. |
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