3.3B Word Meaning
3.What is the most likely reason the author includes the photograph in the selection?
A. To show what a porcupine looks like while eating and climbing
B. To prove porcupines can shoot their quills
C. To compare porcupines with squirrels
D. To show the porcupine’s teeth close-up
Answer: A. To show what a porcupine looks like while eating and climbing
6.How is the information in the selection organized?
A. Description of porcupine features and behavior, with sections on diet, babies, habitat, predators, and defenses
B. A story told in chronological order about one porcupine’s life from birth to old age
C. A compare-and-contrast of porcupines and beavers throughout the passage
D. A list of steps for how to remove quills from an animal
Answer: A. Description of porcupine features and behavior, with sections on diet, babies, habitat, predators, and defenses
1.Which word from paragraph 2 helps the reader understand the meaning of "whirls"?
A. shoots
B. raised
C. swishes
D. attacks
Answer: C. swishes
5.What is the central idea of the selection?
A. Porcupines are well-defended rodents that live in North America with quills and behaviors that help them survive
B. Porcupines live only in Mexico.
C. Porcupines are great at climbing and defending themselves.
D. Porcupines are dangerous because they can throw quills for protection.
Answer: A. Porcupines are well-defended rodents that live in North America with quills and behaviors that help them survive
4.What is the most likely reason the author included the caption under the photograph?
A. To explain and connect the photo to the porcupine’s behavior described in the text
B. To tell the porcupine’s exact age
C. To give the photographer’s full biography
D. To list other animals that eat leaves
Answer: A. To explain and connect the photo to the porcupine’s behavior described in the text
2.In paragraph 5 the word "hardly" includes the suffix -ly. The suffix helps the reader understand that "hardly" means _____?
A. in a careful way
B. almost not
C. very often
D. with a lot of force
Correct answer: B. almost not