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This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Shipwreck Rescues’, features an informational text about the United States Life-Saving Service, established in the late 1700s to rescue shipwrecked sailors. The worksheet encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about detail, making a judgment, sequence, imagery, reasoning, validity, visual comprehension, comparison/contrast, word relationships, cause and effect, genre, and drawing a conclusion. Answer sheet provided with file download.