Adelina's Whales

Based on the passage, what conclusion can you draw about the town of La Laguna?

• It is a popular tourist destination
• There is a great difference in temperature between the seasons
• The town needs whales to survive
• It is poor

What detail best supports to answer to Question 1?

• Adelina has lived her whole life in La Laguna
• As she has always known, the gray whales have again to visit 
• The little houses are simple one-or two room boxes patched together with plywood and sheet metal
• Adelina can tell what month it is by watching the kinds of birds that nest

Which of the following is a distinct character trail of Adelina?

• she is observant
• she is unhappy
• she is productive
• she is outgoing

What detail from the passage best supports your answer to Question 3?

• Adelina Mayoral has lived her whole life in La Laguna
• Adelina can tell what month it is by watching the kinds of birds that nest in mangroves behind her home
• Adelina's family lives far away from big cities with highways and shopping malls
• Adelina smiles and returns to her sleep, comforted by the sounds of whales breathing and snoring outside her window

Which of the following is an opinion?

• Adelina Mayoral lived her whole life in La Laguna
• Adelina smiles and returns to her sleep
• She is a bright ten year old girl
• Adelina can tell what month it is by watching the kinds of birds that nest in the mangroves behind her home

Which detail from the passage best supports this opinion?

• She knows what time of day it is looking at the way the light reflects off the water
• Adelina Mayoral has lived her whole life in La Laguna
• One night Adelina is awakened by a loud, low, rumbling noise
• Adelina's family lives far away frombig cities with highways and shopping malls

What is the meaning of the word "calf" in the following sentence? At daybreak she tuns to the lagoon and sees two clouds of mist out over the water, the milky trails of breath left by a mother gray whale and her newborn calf."

• inlet
• baby whale
• baby cow
• blowhole

What context clue gives you a hint to the meaning of this word?

• lagoon
• mist
• newborn
• water

What is the meaning of the word "massive" in the last paragraph of the text?

• scaly
• scarred
• pointed
• huge

What context clue from earlier in the paragraph helped you answer Question 9?

• wild animals
• say hello
• giant gray whales
• stop swimming