Bat Loves the Night comprehension

What is Bat's voice compared to in the story?

• a leaf

• a cave

• a shadow

• a flashlight

What does Bat do at the BEGINNING of the story?

• wakes up

• finds a cave

• catches food

• feeds her babies

What does Bat do BEFORE she starts to fly?

• shouts loudly

• uncurls her toes

• finds her babies

• looks for food

What happens when the birds are singing?

• Bat is listening

• Bat is sleeping

• Bat is eating food

• Bat is flying around

Bats are nocturnal.

What is the meaning of the word nocturnal?

• eat plants

• eat insects

• sleep at night

• sleep during the day

Why do baby bats stay in the nest for the first few weeks of their lives?

• they cannot fly
• they cannot hear
• they are too cold
• the are too small

Fifty hungry battling hang in a huddle, hooked to a rafter by oversized feet.

What is the meaning of the word battling?

• bats that are babies

• bats that make noise

• bats that live in a cave

• bats that are large in size

Sometimes mother bats carry their babies when they go out, but mostly the babies stay behind in the roost and crowd together to keep warm.

What is the meaning of the word roost?

• food that bats eat

• place where bats fly

• place where bats sleep

• body of water where bats live

Bat plunges, fast as blinking, and grabs it in her open mouth.

What does the word plunges mean?

• lands smoothly

• sleeps peacefully

• turns around quietly

• moves down suddenly

Bats can _____ where they are going.

• shout

• hear

• sing

• taste