DNA Tells Tale of How Cats Conquered the World

Which of the follow is an example of a subheading from the text?

• Mummies (and more) tell another story

• Cat Memes Are the Internet

• About 10,000 to 9,500 years ago, African wildcats may have tamed themselves.

• DNA Tells Tale of How Cats Conquered the World

Which words from paragraph 4 best help the reader understand the meaning of the word domestication?

• useful

• wild animals

• tame

• for instance

Which word from paragraph 7 means "extend across?"

• regions

• colleagues

• spanned

• mitochondrial

Why does the author include the quotation from Thierry Grange in paragraph 8?

• To support the idea that cats "may have tamed themselves."

• To explain what mutually beneficial means.

• To show that cats can be profitable.

• To establish that cats would scavenge food.

What does paragraph 9 reveal about how people and cats coexist?

• They may have traveled with sailors.

• Some people may have been close to their domestic cats.

• Cats generally roam far from home.

• People didn't want to tame cats.

Paragraph 14 suggests that cats were easily domesticated because --

• wildcats and house cats aren't much different.

• cats are easily scared.

• domestic cats can't tolerate people.

• Egyptian cats weren't as friendly.

Why does the author include paragraph 15?

• To inform the reader about research in Maryland.

• To explain how DNA works.

• To support the information presented by Geigl and Grange.

• To add a counter argument for how cats got popular.

How do paragraphs 15-16 contribute to the development of ideas in the text?

• They emphasize that experts are in agreement that Egyptian cats are largely responsible for the spread of tamed cats.

• They suggest that there is no way to confirm how ancient domesticated cats spread around the world.

• They reveal that experts are not in agreement about why ancient domesticated cats’ DNA spread around the world.

• They prove that Eva-Maria Geigl and Thierry Grange don’t have enough evidence to support their theory about ancient domesticated cats.

What connection does the author draw between cats’ DNA and cats’ history?

• Their DNA proves that there was hardly ever any difference between wildcats and house cats.

• Their DNA emphasizes the wide variety of cats that have existed across the world historically.

• Their DNA helps readers better understand how all cats are genetically connected throughout history.

• Their DNA provides evidence for when and where ancient domesticated cats spread around the world.

The author’s main purpose in writing is to --

• explain how cats are better than dogs.

• tell a story about a cat crossing the ocean.

• persuade the reader to adopt a cat.

• inform the reader about what DNA reveals about cats.