Elephants

What are elephant sanctuaries?

• places where elephants are beaten

• camps built for entertaining tourists

• camps built for saving elephants

• places where elephants are trained to do tricks

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

In this text, the author draws a contrast. What does the author contrast with the treatment of elephants in Thai sanctuaries?

• the treatment of elephants by visitors from foreign countries

• the treatment of humans by elephants

• the treatment of elephants in other countries

• the treatment of elephants at some tourist camps

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Elephant trainers at tourist camps have a convincing reason to take advantage of elephants. What evidence from the text best supports this conclusion?

• Mahouts can make a lot of money by offering elephant rides or teaching their elephants to do tricks.

• The Conservation Center says that more than half of Thailand’s 3,000 or so elephants likely work in the tourism industry.

• One elephant at Boon Lott sanctuary used to wear a harness for twenty hours a day for tourist rides.

• Harnesses made from wood can severely hurt an elephant's back if they are not fitted and worn properly.

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

How does the author of this text most likely feel about the treatment of many elephants in the tourism industry?

• The author most likely disapproves of it, and thinks it is often cruel and unfair to elephants.

• The author most likely approves of it because of its importance to the Thai economy

• The author most likely cannot decide whether to support or oppose the tourism industry’s treatment of elephants.

• The author most likely feels that the treatment of elephants by the tourism industry is bad, but necessary.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What is the main idea of the passage?

• While many tourist camps in Thailand mistreat elephants, many other tourist camps treat elephants properly.

• Elephants have been mistreated by humans in Thailand since before tourist camps became popular.

• Elephants are popular in Thai tourism because tourists are enthralled by animals they normally do not get to see.

• Many tourist camps in Thailand mistreat elephants, but elephant sanctuaries are working to rehabilitate and protect them.

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

Local farmers would force elephants to haul heavy logs long distances, resulting in many animal injuries and sometimes even deaths. When it became illegal for Thais to use elephants for logging, some turned to other industries to exploit the animal.

Based on these sentences, what does the word "exploit" mean?

• to teach and train

• to take advantage of

• to help improve

• to give veterinarian treatment to

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Paintings by elephants became very popular around 2008, when a video was posted online of a baby elephant using its trunk to hold a paintbrush and paint strokes across a blank canvas. Camps around Thailand began to train their own elephants to do the same, ______ the increased exploitation of the gentle animal.

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.

• in spite of

• causing

• after

• because of

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Some mahouts practice “phajaan” to domesticate elephants for camps. What does “phajaan” mean?

• “Phajaan” means crushing the spirit of the baby elephant so that it cooperates in the camps.

• “Phajaan” means fighting the elephant until it cooperates

• “Phajaan” means killing the elephants

• “Phajaan” means locking the elephants up

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Why can "taxi seats" be a problem for elephants? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

• Seat made from iron, can severely harm the animal's back if not fitted properly or if worn for long periods of time

• The seat, typically made from wood, can severely harm the animal's back if not fitted properly or if worn for long periods of time

• The seat, typically made from plastic, can severely harm the animal's back if not fitted properly or if worn for long periods of time

• The seat, typically made from cardboard, can severely harm the animal's back if not fitted properly or if worn for long periods of time

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

Explain how the tourism industry in Thailand created a need for elephant sanctuaries. Support your answer with evidence from the text.

• Explain

• Explain

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

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CCSS.RL.7.1