Reading Test:An Adventure in Africa

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14 questions
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1. Where are Kevin and his parents?

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2. What event made Kevin less afraid of being close to wild animals?

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3. Kevin was scared when he was in the giant camping tent late at night in Africa. Which evidence from the story does NOT support this statement?

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4. How did Kevin's parents most likely feel during the trip to Africa?

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5. What is this story mostly about?

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6. Read the following sentences: "During a safari you can see lions and zebras living free, instead of cooped up in a zoo." What does the phrase "cooped up" most nearly mean?

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7. Choose the word that best completes the sentence below.
Kevin saw something move ____________ the guide stopped the car.

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8. What kind of animal is Macy?

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9. What main problem do Macy and her parents face?

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10. Mud baths are good for elephants. What evidence from the passage best supports this conclusion?

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11. Read these sentences from the text. Macy spots a loris sleeping on the tree that sits right next to the parrots. Macy gets excited-she never sees loris because they are only awake at night. Based on this information, what conclusion can you make about Macy?

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12. What is this text mostly about?

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13. Read these sentences from the text. Macy sees a group of orangutans lazily lying on the branches of a big tree. They don't even move as the elephants walk past, too hot to do anything. As used in the sentence, what does the word "lazily" mean?

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14. Choose the word that best completes the sentence below.
________ Macy and her parents cool off, they go to look for food.