Collection 4 Post Test

Collection 4 Post Test

Multiple Choice

What text structure did the author choose to best help the reader understand his message?

• sequential order to show the reader how to build bat houses

• question/answer to give information about bats

• demonstrates the problem of bats and possible solutions

• description to show different kinds of bats

Multiple Choice

Why did the author include photographs of the two bat houses in the passage?

• To show the reader different sizes of bat houses

• To encourage the reader to build bat houses

• To show the reader how to build bat houses

• To encourage the reader to research bat houses

Multiple Choice

What problem would most likely occur if there were too few honeybees?

• There would be much less healthy food to eat.

• Diseases would spread more quickly.

• There would be more farms where bees once lived.

• More harmful insects would be alive.

Multiple Choice

What is the best summary of the section titled “How Humans Can Help?”

• Beekeepers are people who try to keep bees healthy. Ian Snyder is a student who says this is very important. He participates in a beekeeping program at his school.

• If children want to help honeybees, they should learn about honeybees and the plants that bees like. Many schools offer classes that help students learn about honeybees living in their area.

• Honeybees like plants such as cabbage, sunflowers, and strawberries. People who want to help honeybees should try to grow plants like these.

• Anyone can help honeybees. People can grow plants that honeybees like. They can also build beehives. Some schools are teaching students how to be beekeepers and keep bees healthy.

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentences from “A Sweet Part of Nature.”

Bees pollinate a wide variety of plants in the United States. They pollinate fruit trees, vegetable plants, and crops such as clover and alfalfa…

What does the word pollinate mean as used in the sentence?

• To consume pollen

• To spread pollen

• To destroy pollen

• To store pollen

Multiple Choice

The author’s purpose for including paragraph 5 in the article most likely is to ----

• Explain the problems honeybees are experiencing

• State the benefits of taking care of honeybees

• Describe ways to care for the honeybee population

• Show why honeybees are good to have around

Use “Night Flyers” and “A Sweet Part of Nature” to  answer the following questions.

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence from “Night Flyers.”

While bats seem mysterious or even scary to some, these night flyers are actually helpful creatures.

Read the following sentences from “A Sweet Part of Nature.”

When people think of bees, they may also think of the sweet taste of the honey that bees make. However, some

people may not know that bees help us in more ways than producing honey.

Based on the details in the sentences from both “Night Flyers” and “A Sweet Part of Nature,” the reader can tell that ---

• Bats are viewed as scary creatures whereas bees are viewed as mysterious creatures.

• Both bats and bees are viewed as scary.

• Bats are viewed as helpful creatures whereas bees are viewed as scary creatures.

• Both bats and bees are viewed as helpful.

Multiple Choice

What is one way that the bats in “Night Flyers” and the honeybees in “A Sweet Part of Nature” are different?

• Bats eat insects, while bees do not.

• Bats spread pollen, while bees do not.

• Bats catch diseases, while bees do not.

• Bats help plants grow, while bees do not.

Multiple Choice

Read this sentence from paragraph 2 of “Night Flyers.”

Bats also spread pollen among flowering plants.

Which sentence from “A Sweet Part of Nature” best shows a way that honeybees are similar to bats?

• When people think of bees, they may also think of the sweet taste of the honey that bees make.

• The wildflowers and plants that bees feed on have been replaced with crops, which limits honeybees’ access to nectar and pollen.

• Bees pollinate a wide variety of plants in the United States.

• People can grow flowers and plants that honeybees like, such as cabbage, sunflowers, and strawberries.

Read the following letter written to a store manager from a beekeeper. Use this letter to answer questions 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice

How does the author organize the selection?

• Chronological Order

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Description

Multiple Choice

How do “A Sweet Part of Nature” and the letter written by Susan McDonald differ in the way they talk about bees?

• “A Sweet Part of Nature” is a personal account that tells how pesticides are harmful to bees, while the letter from a beekeeper is a general description of why bees are disappearing.

• The letter from a beekeeper is a personal account that tells how pesticides are harmful to bees, while “A Sweet Part of Nature” is a general description of why bees are disappearing.

• “A Sweet Part of Nature” describes one problem for bees, while the letter from the beekeeper describes multiple problems for bees.

• The letter from a beekeeper ignores the harm that pesticides cause toward bees, while “A Sweet Part of Nature” ignores the diseases that honeybees are catching.