Saving a Tiger Named Cinderella

Which TWO key details from the text support the main idea that Zolushka's success showed that tiger populations could be increased?

• "During the next two years, researchers watched Zolushka's progress"

• "They set up cameras that used motion detectors or heat sensors to snap photos"

• "Even more importantly, Zoluskha has demonstrated that there are ways to recognize habitat that has been lost"

• "Thanks to the work of conservationists like Dr. Miquelle, there is new hope for these magnificent cats"

• "Tigers are some of most admired animals on the planet, but they are also endangered"

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CCSS.RI.4.2

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CCSS.RI.3.2

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CCSS.RL.4.1

Read the sentence from paragraph 2.

"This cub had no fight left in her."

What does the author mean by this snentece?

• The tiger cub was too hungry to notice anyone touching her.

• The tiger cub did not understand how to protect herself from danger.

• The tiger cub was too frightened to hide herself from danger.

• The tiger cub did not have the energy to react to people touching her.

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CCSS.RL.3.4

What does the word extinct mean as it is used in paragraph 8?

• no longer living in a place

• no longer away from home

• no longer kept in a place

• no longer looking for a home

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

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CCSS.RL.5.4

Which phrase BEST shows that the word extinct means "no longer living in a place"?

• "chose the perfect new kingdom"

• "where we released"

• "the tigers disappeared"

• "cutting down the forest"

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

According to the text, what happened to tiger cubs that were found in the past?

• The tiger cubs were taken to zoos.

• The tiger cubs were left in the wild.

• The tiger cubs were taken to new forests.

• The tiger cubs were cared for at special wildlife centers.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

What point does the author make about Zolushka being released into the wild?

• Scientists worried that Zolushka would become lonely after being released into the wild.

• Cameras only captured a few pictures of Zolushka when she was released into the wild.

• Scientists got the results for which they had hoped after Zolushka was released into the wild.

• It took a number of years for Zolushka to get strong enough to be released into the wild.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

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CCSS.RL.5.2

Which quotation from the text best shows that scientists got the results they hoped for after Zolushka was released into the wild?

• "The cub, now named Zoluskha, became the center's first tiger. Over the next year, she grew into a big, health tigress."

• "The region where we released Zolushka had tigers some 50 years ago, but they have since gone extinct (in that region),' Dr. Miquelle says."

• "During the next two years, researchers watched Zolushka's progress. They set up cameras that used motion detectors or heat sensors to snap photos"

• "Then, in December 2015, the cameras revealed exciting news: Zolushka had become a mother! For the first time ever, a tiger that had raised and returned to the wild had given birth to two cubs."

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CCSS.RI.6.10

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What text structure is used in the text?

• The author uses cause and effect to show that hunters were able to work together to save a tiger cub that has gotten lost in the snow.

• The author uses chronological order to show how a tiger cub was saved by conservationists and returned to the wild when she got older.

• The author uses compare and contrast to show the similarities and differences between tigers born in the wild and tigers born in zoos.

• The author uses problem and solution to show that nature reserves are being built to protect tigers because they are running out of places to live.

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Look at the photograph on the front of the text. How does the photograph help the reader understand the text?

• The reader can see what Amur tigers look like.

• The reader can see how Amur tigers are protected.

• The reader can see where Amur tigers live around the world.

• The reader can see why Amur tigers are disappearing into the wild.

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5