EOC Reading Review: Nonfiction Tiger

Which of the following is not a reason in the article explaining why tigers are hunted?

• Because tiger skins are worth a lot of money
• Because tiger parts are used as medicines in some cultures
• Because some tigers attack local villages
• Because tigers are hunted for enjoyment by some people

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

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Which animal does not grow larger than the tiger?

• Brown bear
• Lion
• Polar bear
• All of these animals grow larger than a tiger

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Which of the following best describes the author’s main purpose in writing this article? 

• To provide readers with interesting information about the lifestyles of tigers
• To persuade readers to help the world’s tiger population and to offer ways to help 
• To entertain readers with stories about how tigers hunt and are hunted
• To explain to readers why the world’s tiger population is endangered

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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Which best explains why tigers have lost so much of their habitat according to the text? 

• Because humans are afraid of tigers
• Because tiger skins are extremely valuable
• Because humans have changed the land 
• Because tigers need so much space to survive

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

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Based on information in the text, which best explains why tigers are poached? 

• Poachers hunt tigers to protect their families from dangerous animals.
• Poachers hunt tigers for medicine to cure sick family members. 
• Poachers hunt tigers because they enjoy killing dangerous animals.
• Poachers hunt tigers to earn large amounts money.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

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Which best explains why it is so difficult to preserve the wild tiger population?

• Tigers do not get along with most other animals.
• Tigers must make their homes close to rivers and the world's rivers are evaporating.
• Tigers require a lot of space.
• Tigers hunt in large packs and there are too few tigers left to make these packs.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

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Which of the following is an opinion? 

• Tigers can grow up to eleven feet long.
• Saving the wild tiger population is important
• South China tigers were brought to live in South Africa.
• Humans have endangered the world’s wild tiger population.

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What does this idiom mean: "other parts of the tiger can also fetch a pretty penny"?

• The fur is the only valuable part of the tiger
•  Other parts of the tiger are worth a lot of money.
• The tiger is a very beautiful animal.
• Tigers can be trained to do tricks like in the circus.

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Which of the following could be best supported by information from the text?

• Efforts to save tigers have had some success, but there are many obstacles to recovery.
• Efforts to save tigers have failed in the past, but there is reason to continue trying.
• Efforts to save tigers have been so successful that they saved tigers from endangerment
• Efforts to save tigers have failed completely

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