Main Idea and Details
Nonfiction Text Features
From the Glossary
100

What is another good title for this book?

a. What Lives in Caves?

b. Burrowing Animals

c. Insects and Spiders

d. Animals Around the World 

b. Burrowing Animals

100

How do you know that this book is a nonfiction book?

a. It is about fake animals

b. It tells a story with characters

c. It has photographs

d. It gives us real information about real animals

d. It gives us real information about real animals

100

Naked mole rats dig _________ in teams to find roots to eat. 

a. houses

b. tunnels

c. eggs

d. nests

b. tunnels 

200

As one naked mole rat digs through dirt at the front of the tunnel, ____________________

a. several others sweep the dirt to the back

b. the others wait outside

c. it eats whatever it finds

a. several others sweep the dirt to the back

200

The author included photos in this book to show________________

a. desert tortoises and their homes

b. puffins and their homes

c. naked mole rats and their homes

d. all of the above

d. all of the above 

200

______________ are brightly colored seabirds.

a. salamanders

b. turtles

c. puffins

d. snakes

c. puffins

300

Which of the following is a detail about puffins? 

a. They don't like water

b. They live in the tropical rainforest. 

c. They swim better than they fly.

c. They swim better than they fly.

300

On page 14, what nonfiction text feature shows you wear a wombat lives?

a. a photograph

b. a map

c. a bold word 

b. a map

300

A big ______________ lives in an underwater hole. 

a. salamander

b. spider

c. puffin

d. snake 

a. salamander

400

How do naked mole rats work together as a "team"?

a. they find food together

b. they sleep together 

c. they dig tunnels together

400

What nonfiction text feature tells you that these animals are garter snakes?

a. a bold word

b. a heading

c. a caption on the photo

c. a caption on the photo

400

A __________ is a hole dug in the ground by an animal for use as a home. 

a. wombat

b. tunnel

c. burrow

d. naked mole rat

c. burrow