Reading/Listening Comprehension Skills

More than ___________ U.S. cities and counties either ban or tax disposable plastic bags

What was Sahar's most prized possession?

When the author gives a clue about what is happening next, it is called

The most famous gyres, or huge floating garbage patches, is the

What character trait did Sahar believe she DID NOT possess?

The world's oceans will contain more plastic than fish, by weight, by the year

Scientists estimate that more than _______ species of marine animals are harmed by ocean waste

Sahar gets strength to swim back to the beach, by hearing whose voices?

Which sea did the main character, Sahar, go swimming in?

In 1972, Congress enacted this law to protect the country's waterways from pollution

How many pounds of plastic still end up in the world's oceans each year?

By the end of the story, Sahar realizes that she does possess confidence and is ___________

The line,  "the little cub had disappeared, pulled under by the wicked current" creates _______

At what moment in the story did the action change?

The huge spiraling ocean currents that trash gets swept into are called