Paired Selection-"Seeing a Humpback Whale/"Whales Without Teeth"

Use "Seeing a Humpback Whale" (pp. 77-78) to answer questions 1-7

1. What is the best summary of paragraphs 1 through 10?

• Eva's mom gets sick, so she decides to take Eva on a helicopter ride to see the whales the nex day.

• After a day of whale watching, Eva tells her dad all about whales. They decide to wait until mom gets better to go back on the boat.

• Eva and her family go to Alaska to see humpback whales, but Eva's mom gets sick.

• Eva's dad taker her on a boat to watch whales. Eva's mom gets cold, so they go back to the hotel. Eva tells her dad all about humpbacks.

2. Eva's main conflict is resolved when-

• her dad takes her for a helicopter ride

• she learns her mom got sick

• the captain takes the boat back ashore

• she tells her dad about humpback whales

3. Eva's conversation at the hotel shows that she feels _____.

• frustrated

• excited

• surprised

• nervous

4. ​ ​​ ​ (a)   ​ is the narrator of this story.

• An outside observer
• Eva
• Eva's dad
• Eva's mom

5. Migrate means​ ​ (a)  

• relocate
• outlive
• await
• remain

6. What can the reader conclude from paragraph 2?

• Alaska is filled with curios whales.

• The only place to see Alaskan whales is on a boat tour.

• Mother whales protect their babies.

• There were no boat tours available on the first day of Eva's trip.

7. What is the most likely reason the photograph is included in the selection?

• To show how whales catch fish

• To show where the humpbacks live

• To show the way the whales look

• To show a perfect day in Alaska

Use "Whales Without Teeth" (pp. 79) to answer questions 8-12

8. Which sentence from the selection best shows that baleen is unusual?

• The humpback and baleen whales do not have teeth.

• They each have an upper jaw with a curtain of baleen plates.

• These plates are made of the same protein as a human hair and fingernails.

• Then its huge tongue forces water back out the baleen plates.

9. After the water is forced back out through the baleen plates, the whale-

• uses its baleen to filter out seaweed

• opens its mouth to let debris out

• makes sure it gets a whole fish for protein

• swallows and digests the captured creatures

10. Which idea from the selection does the photograph support?

• Baleen filters out large fish.

• Baleen looks like window blinds.

• Some whales do not have teeth.

• Some fish get caught in the baleen.