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Nonfiction Assessment
By Asher Burns
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Read the articles, then use them to answer the corresponding questions.
Use BOTH articles to answer the following questions.
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Question 9
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Summarize the article, "Struggling to survive."
Question 10
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What is the relationship between human behavior and animal life?
A. Human behavior impacts animal's lives in a good way.
B. Human behavior impacts animal's lives in a bad way.
C. Human behavior impacts animal's lives in a good or bad way.
D. Human behavior doesn't impact animal's lives at all.
Compare and Contrast the two articles, "Struggling to Survive" and "The Swazi Eleven"
Question 1
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What is the author's perspective in "The Swazi Eleven"?
A. He doesn't want the elephants to live with him anymore because there is no room
B. He wants the elephants to go to the zoo because it was the safest place for them to go
C. He wanted them to be killed because he was hungry
D. He wanted to buy more elephants to replace those because they were bad.
Question 2
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"if the [elephant] situation continued, many animals and plants would be wiped out." What evidence from the text supports this statement?
A. the elephants couldn't stay on the land
B. the zoos offered to pay $12,000 for each elephant
C. Elephants had destroyed so many trees that a big part of the parks was now only black and dead trees
D. Mick had grown up with elephants
Question 3
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Which is the best summary of the article?
A. Mick was tired. It was a long flight to get the elephants on the flight. Animal rights activists had tried to stop the elephants from going to zoos.
B. In some parks rangers had killed elephants to make sure the population stayed low. Mick didn't want to kill his elephants.
C. There were too many elephants living in Mkhaya and Hlane Game Reserves. They were ruining the land. The elephants needed to be moved to zoos to keep the land from being destroyed.
Question 4
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The author's point of view in this article is
A. 1st person
B. 2nd person
C. 3rd person
Question 5
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Mick Reilly's experience with elephants in Africa contributes to the understanding of why zoos are important by...
A. Explaining the benefits of zoos to animals
B. Giving and example of how zoos can help animals in the wild
C. Providing his opinion on zoos
Question 6
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What is one problem that Giraffes are facing?
A. giraffes live on grassy plains
B. There are nine different types of giraffes
C. Giraffes are a target for hunters
D. Scientists are working to figure out how to save the giraffes
Question 7
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What Is the main idea of this article?
A. The number of Giraffes in Africa is falling
B. There are nine different types of giraffes
C. People presumed that giraffes were ok
D. Many giraffes struggle to find water and trees for food
Question 8
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The author most likely wrote this article to...
A. Persuade the reader to like giraffes
B. Inform the reader of the dangers facing giraffes
C. Entertain the reader with anecdotes about giraffes
