Tigers - Nonfiction Reading Test 2

Which of the following is NOT a reason in the article explaining why tigers are hunted?

• Because tiger skins are worth a lot of money

• Because tiger parts are used as medicines in some cultures

• Because some tigers attack local villages

• Because tigers are hunted for enjoyment by some people

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Which animal does NOT grow larger than the tiger?

• Brown bear

• Lion

• Polar bear

• All of these animals grow larger than a tiger

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Which number is closest to the estimation of the wild Tiger population in 2003?

• 3,000

• 100,000

• 140

• 30,000

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Which of the following best describes the author's main purpose in writing this article?

• To provide readers with interesting information about the lifestyles of tigers

• To persuade readers to help the world's tiger population and to offer ways to help

• To entertain readers with stories about how tigers hunt and are hunted

• To explain to readers why the world's tiger population is endangered

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In formation in the third paragraph is mainly organized using which text structure?

• Cause and effect

• Compare and contrast

• Chronological order

• Spatial order

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Which best explains why tigers have lost so much of their habitat according to the text?

• Because humans are afraid of tigers

• Because tiger skins are extremely valuable

• Because humans have changed the land

• Because tigers need so much space to survive

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Based on information in the text, which best explains why tigers are poached?

• Poachers hunt tigers to protect their families from dangerous animals

• Poachers hunt tigers for medicine to cure sick family members

• Poachers hunt tigers because they enjoy killing dangerous animals

• Poachers hunt tigers to earn large sums of money

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Which best explains why it is so difficult to preserve the wild tiger population?

• Tigers do not get along with most other animals

• Tigers must make their homes close to rivers and the world's rivers are evaporating

• Tigers require a lot of space

• Tigers hunt in large packs and there are too few tigers left to make these packs

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Which of the following is an opinion?

• Tigers can grow up to eleven feet long

• Saving the wild tiger population is important

• South China tigers were brought to live in South Africa

• Humans have endangered the world's wild tiger population

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Based on context, which best defines the term "rewilded" as used in the last paragraph?

• To preserve animals by keeping them in zoos

• To teach animals to coexist with humans

• To teach humans to coexist with animals

• To bring animals born in zoos back to nature

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