4th Grade Main Idea Quizzes, Questions & Answers

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The 'Main Idea Exercises' quiz assesses the ability to identify the central theme or main idea in various texts, enhancing critical reading skills. It is essential for students to understand and analyze written content...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 4306 | Last updated: Aug 22, 2025

Sample Question 1
Basketball was invented in 1891 by a physical education instructor in Springfield, Massachusetts, by the name of James Naismith. Because of the terrible weather in winter, his physical education students were indoors rather than outdoors. They really did not like the idea of boring, repetitive exercises and preferred the excitement and challenge of a game. Naismith figured out a team sport that could be played indoors on a gymnasium floor, that involved a lot of running, that kept all team members involved, and that did not allow the tackling and physical contact of American-style football. Question: What is the main idea of the passage?

The life of James Naismith

The history of sports

Physical education and exercise

The origin of basketball

Sample Question 2
Strictly speaking, cartography is the drawing or compiling of maps. The explorers and surveyors go out and make the measurements and gather the information from which the cartographers draw their maps. Sometimes the fieldwork and the creation of the map are done by the same person. But when the scope is broad and the sources of information many, maps are more often a compilation of that information. They represent the accumulated work of many people, brought together under the supervision of one person, the compiler. The value of the map depends, of course, on the expertise of the compiler, who must sift through available information, select the most accurate data, and come up with a thoughtful and accurate synthesis of geographic knowledge of the region. What is the main idea of the passage?

The definition of cartography is the drawing or compiling of maps.

Maps are the product of a group effort brought together usually by one person.

Not all of the information initially compiled for maps is accurate.

The compiler’s task is more important than that of the explorers and surveyors.

Mini Assessment 1-main Idea,Supporting Details

Short passage with 5 questions about creating the main idea from supporting details

Questions: 6 | Attempts: 837 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question 1
What is the author trying to show the reader with this article?

Potatoes from Ireland started the Potato Revolution

The average American eats 50 lbs of potatoes a year

French fries are made from potatoes

Potatoes are a key vegetable in America

The various terms for potatoes have a long history

Sample Question 2
In the second paragraph, what point is the author trying to make with all the statistics about potatoes?

Potatoes are grown all year long in every country

Many countries grow potatoes as a money maker

Potatoes are a very common food for people to want

More potatoes are grown than onions in this country

Potatoes are very expensive to grown and maintain