Bat Loves the Night

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

• looks for food

• finds her babies

• unhooks her toes

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

• a leaf

• a cave

• a shadow

• a flashlight

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

What is the meaning of the word plunges in this sentence?

• lands smoothly

• sleeps peacefully

• turns around quietly

• moves down suddenly

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

What is the meaning of the word roost in this sentence?

• food that bats eat

• place where bats fly

• place where bats sleep

• body of water where bats live

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

What does the word batlings mean in this sentence?

• bats that are babies

• bats that make noise

• bats that live in a cave

• bats that are large in size

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

• They are too small

Bats are nocturnal.

What does nocturnal mean in this sentence?

• eat plants

• eat insects

• sleep at night

• sleep during the day