Animals Everlasting Reading Comprehension

Read 'Animals Everlasting' in your textbook, and answer the questions below.

What is the genre of the text?

• A magazine article

• A newspaper article

• A science fiction article

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Read page 167 and answer the question below

What evidence from the text shows the author's opinion about the earthly treasure seekers?

• The word 'importance' is used to describe the artifacts. This shows that she feels the treasure seekers were wrong to ignore the mummified animals.

• "For many decades, archaeologists and adventurers led expeditions through the Egyptian desert".

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Describe the cat mummy in the picture.

The cat mummy is tan and brown. It has a woven pattern on its body. It's in a standing position. You can't see it's legs or feet. The cat mummy has pointed eyes and pointed ears.

• True

• False

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Read page 168 and 169 and compare and contrast.

How are attitudes about mummified animals different today than they were more than a century ago?

• People did not think mummified animals were important in the past, but today archaeologists study them to better understand the lives of ordinary people in ancient Egypt.

• In the past, people thought that mummified animals were gods. Today, mummified animals are only used for decorations.

• People did not think that mummified animals were important in the past, today archaeologists study them to show us that the Pharaoh loved animals.

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Why does Ikram believe it is important to study animals mummies?

• Ikram believes it is important to study animal mummies because he wants to show us how powerful ancient Egyptians were.

• Modern people can make connections to ancient people through pets.

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What do animal mummies show about how ancient Egyptians viewed the afterlife?

• It shows us that ancient Egyptians wanted to worship their animals in the afterlife.

• It shows us that ancient Egyptians wanted their pets to go to heaven.

• Animal mummies show that ancient Egyptians felt the afterlife would be similar to their daily life and wanted their afterlife to have the same things that make them happy.

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On page 169, in the second paragraph, it shows us that the author is talking about events that happen in the ancient past by referring to the year 2950 B.C.E, and then talks about an event that happened 2,500 years later.

• True

• False

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According to page 170 and 171, ancient Egyptian priests created animal mummies for pilgrims to donate to their favorite temples. The pilgrims thought they could receive favor from the gods who received the mummies.

• True

• False

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According to page 170-171, why does Ikram experiment with mummies?

• Ikram wants to make a lot of money.

• Ikram wants to find out how embalmers worked, but there are not many records telling how it was done.

• Ikram wants to prove that Egyptians were very powerful.

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Study the map key on page 172-173, how does it help you understand the map?

• The key tells what kind of animal mummy each symbol on the map represents; Egyptian sites where researchers discovered these animals.

• It tells me all the sites where the Egyptians lived.

• It tells me the kinds of animals that were in Egypt at that time.

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