PAGES 202-204
PAGES 206-210
PAGES 211-214
General Questions
PSSA Questions
100
What is the genre of the passage?
informational narrative
100
When bats use sounds to find their way around at night, it is called ___.
echolocation
100
Where is a bat most likely to be found during the day?
a building, a cave or a tree
100
Identify the passage as real or make believe.
real
100
What type of figurative language is the following sentence: Bat's toes are shaped like hooks.
simile
200
What does a bat hang by
its toenails
200
What did the bat eat?
a moth
200
When do baby bats learn to fly?
when they are a few weeks old
200
Is the passage fiction or nonfiction?
nonfiction
200
What does the word "darkness" mean?
being dark or state of being dark
300
What is unusual about the way bats sleep?
They sleep upside down.
300
Name one other thing that a bat would eat.
Any type of the following:flies, gnats, mosquitos, fruit, fish, frogs, insects
300
What does nocturnal mean?
The animal rests by day and comes out at night to search for food.
300
What is the author's purpose?
to give information and facts about bats
300
What type of figurative language is the following sentence: She beams her voice around her like a flashlight.
simile
400
What do bats use to find their way in the dark?
They use their hearing.
400
What type of figurative language is the following sentence: Its wings fall way like the wrapper from a candy.
simile
400
Why does the author compare the bat's feet to a coathanger?
because they are curved like a hook
400
Is "Bat Loves Night" a good title for the passage? Why?
Yes, because bat comes out only at night to get food.
400
Which word on page 204 means "not touched"?
untouched
500
What are bats toes shaped like?
hooks
500
What type of figurative language is the following sentence: Bat plunges, fast as blinking...
simile
500
What type of figurative language is the following sentence: The flowers turn their faces to the sun.
personification
500
What type of figurative language is the following sentence: A bat's wing is its arm and hand.
metaphor
500
Which word on page 204 means "full of use"?
useful
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