Animals in Zoos: Condemned to a Life Behind Bars

Multiple Choice

Confinement is to freedom as dull is to

• historical

• meatballs

• valuable

• sharp

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of an exhibit?

Open Ended

What is the author's claim

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not evidence provided by the author to support her claim?

• The confinement and lack of stimulation often result in abnormal and self-destructive behavior, known as “zoochosis”

• Zoos are all that stands between many of the species they house and extinction.

• Zoos are hardly educational – the caged, lonely animals they house are so far removed from their natural context that they have little opportunity to follow their instincts.

• Bulls, chimpanzees, and lemurs are just some of the animals who have recently tried to escape from UK zoos...

Multiple Choice

Which sentence from the text uses loaded language?

• ...showing how desperate these unhappy animals are to regain their freedom.

• Become an expert on the wildlife in your local area, from hedgehogs in your garden to birds flying overhead.

• If you want to learn about animals, watch a nature documentary that shows how animals behave in their natural habitat.

• In the wild, animals may roam for hundreds of miles...