Question

Read a text about Mary Anning.
When Mary Anning's father died in 1810, she and her family were left in poverty. To help make ends meet, eleven-year-old Mary and her younger brother Joseph sold shells, rocks, and bones to tourists. They found these by combing the beach and cliffs of their English coastal town, Lyme Regis, and carefully excavating what they found. The children had learned these skills from their father, an avid fossil hunter. While Joseph eventually went into the upholstery business, Mary developed a passion for fossil hunting. She lacked formal education, so she taught herself geology, paleontology, anatomy, and scientific illustration. Ultimately, she recovered some of the most important dinosaur specimens in the field of natural history, including an intact skeleton of a Plesiosaurus.
Select all the details that are included in the text.
A. Anning excavated many important fossil specimens.
B. Anning compensated for her lack of schooling by educating herself in various scientific fields.
C. Anning Sold fossilized bones to provide financial help or her family.
D. The discovery of dinosaur fossils helped shed light on extinction.

Answer 1

A, B, and C.

- A: The text says she "recovered some of the most important dinosaur specimens" (e.g., a Plesiosaurus).
- B: The text states she "lacked formal education, so she taught herself geology, paleontology, anatomy, and scientific illustration."
- C: The text says Mary and her brother "sold shells, rocks, and bones to tourists" to help make ends meet after their father's death.

D is not included — the passage says nothing about extinction.