Bat Loves the Night

What does the word twitches mean in the sentence below?
His nose twitches when he smells the apple pie. 

• get itchy
• starts hurting
• become stuffy
• moves suddenly

What does the word slithers mean in the sentence below?
The snake slithers away. 

• bounces
• slides
• turns
• walks

What does the word swoop mean in the sentence below?
The birds swoop and land on a branch. 

• look quickly
• turn around
• find food
• fly down

What does the word dozes mean in the sentence below?
The baby dozes, but starts to cry when she hears a noise. 

• gets dirty
• rolls over
• sleeps lightly
• looks around

What does the word snuggle mean in the sentence below?
The mice snuggle in their nest. 

• lie closely against each other
• keep each other safe
• make loud noises
• fall down

What does bat do at the start of the story?

• wakes up
• finds a cave
• catches food
• feeds her babies

What does bat do before she starts to fly?

• shouts loudly
• looks for food
• finds her babies
• unhooks her toes

What is bat's voice compared to in the article?

• a leaf
• a cave
• a shadow
• a flashlight

Read the sentence from the article:
Bat plunges, fast as blinking, and grabs it in her open mouth.
What does the word plunges mean as used in the sentence above?

• lands smoothly
• sleeps peacefully
• turns around quietly
• moves down suddenly

What does the word roost mean?

• food that bats eat
• place where bats fly
• place where bats sleep
• body of water where bats live