BOLT Tuesday

Elephants spray dust from their trucks

• to bother other elephants.

• to keep from getting a sunburn.

• because they are bored.

• to keep their bodies clean.

An elephant uses the tip of its trunk like you use your

• nose

• ears

• fingers

• toes

About how many muscles does an elephant's trunk have?

• 400

• 4,000

• 40,000

• 4

According to the passage, what does the word flexible mean?

• long

• tip

• useful

• bends easily

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Elephants eat grasses and leaves.

• An elephant's trunk is extremely useful.

• Elephants have many muscles.

• Elephants need water to drink.

What are two details from the story? Choose two!

• Elephants like to stomp their feet when they are mad.

• Elephant's use their trunk to drink.

• Elephants are big and gray animals.

• Elephants use their trunks to clean themselves.