Critical Thinking Questions Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Critical thinking lesson 6: Part 1 test: ask good questions · Set 409 · 40 questions

Thinking tip (Ask first, then think): Find the skill in the question: thinking habits, question words, open or closed, clear or unclear, or claim and reason. Use that lesson’s tip — how do you know; who / when / where / why / how; yes-no or not; what detail is missing; is there a real reason? Read every option before you choose.

1. 1.True or false: “asks good questions” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is not a clarifying question? (a) “Can I go home now?” (b) “How many do I bring?” (c) “Can you show me one?” (d) “What time, exactly?”
3. 3.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) spots missing facts (c) hears only one side (d) ignores the facts
4. 4.🔓 Open or closed question? “How could we make the class library better?” (a) a closed question (b) an open question
5. 5.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is not a clarifying question? (a) “Is it break time?” (b) “Where do we meet?” (c) “Can you show me one?” (d) “What time, exactly?”
6. 6.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “Can I go home now?”? (a) helps clarify (b) does not clarify
7. 7.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) hears only a friend (c) hears both sides (d) backs the louder one
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Why do leaves fall?” (b) “Why do we yawn?” (c) “Can ice melt?” (d) “Why is the sea salty?”
9. 9.❓ Which question word helps you find out the room of the meeting? (a) where (b) how (c) when (d) why
10. 10.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Read those pages from that book.” (a) unclear (b) clear
11. 11.True or false: “Is it break time?” is not a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.❓ Which question word helps you find out the method to grow beans? (a) when (b) why (c) how (d) who
13. 13.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
14. 14.🔍 Does this question help clarify a task: “What’s for lunch?”? (a) does not clarify (b) helps clarify
15. 15.True or false: “We should plant trees here because the playground has no shade.” is a claim with a reason. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “The trip is sometime soon. Bring the stuff.” is unclear — ask a question. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔓 Open or closed: “Is the sky blue?”? (a) open (b) closed
18. 18.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
19. 19.Which of these is found with a “who” question? (a) the time of the match (b) the person in charge (c) the date of the exam (d) the way to fold a boat
20. 20.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is not a clarifying question? (a) “Do you mean Friday?” (b) “What time, exactly?” (c) “How many do I bring?” (d) “Who cares, anyway?”
21. 21.🔓 Open or closed: “How do plants drink?”? (a) open (b) closed
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Can ice melt?” (b) “Why do leaves fall?” (c) “Is the sky blue?” (d) “Is this kite new?”
23. 23.True or false: “ignores the facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧑 Which word starts a question about a person? (a) how (b) why (c) who (d) when
25. 25.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
26. 26.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) hears only one side (c) trusts any website (d) asks “How do you know?”
27. 27.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
28. 28.💡 A claim with a reason, or with no reason? “Our team should practise passing, since we lost the ball 20 times.” (a) a claim with a reason (b) a claim with no reason
29. 29.🔓 Open or closed question? “Did you go on the trip?” (a) an open question (b) a closed question
30. 30.True or false: “What’s for lunch?” is a clarifying question. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the bus is full (b) because I said so (c) everyone knows it (d) end of story
32. 32.🗣️ You want your friend to tell you all about her trip. Which question is best? (a) “Was it fun?” (b) “What did you see?” (c) “Did you go?” (d) “Was it far?”
33. 33.True or false: “What’s for lunch?” is not a clarifying question. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Do you mean Friday?” (b) “What time, exactly?” (c) “Can you show me one?” (d) “Can I go home now?”
35. 35.True or false: “the author of a book” is found with a “why” question. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
37. 37.True or false: “Is today Monday?” is an open question. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) asks good questions (c) checks the facts first (d) copies what all do
39. 39.💡 Real reason or not: “trust me”? (a) not a real reason (b) a real reason
40. 40.💡 Real reason or not: “the road is closed”? (a) a real reason (b) not a real reason

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