Weird Friends (Reading and Vocabulary QUIZ)

Directions: Choose the best answer to each question.

Which best describes all of the animals in the selection?

• They look very much like other animals.

• They help each other in surprising ways.

• They have ways of talking with one another.

• They protect other animals from predators.

Directions: Choose the best answer to each question.

What is a parasite?

• an animal that hunts for food at night

• an animal that feeds off of another animal

• an animal that lives in a group with others

• an animal that lives only in pools of water

Directions: Choose the best answer to each question.

Why do zebras and ostriches often stay together?

• so they can keep one another clean

• so they can search for food together

• so they can keep warm in cold weather

• so they can warn one another of danger

Directions: Choose the best answer to each question.

What kind of animal acts as a babysitter for crocodile eggs?

• a bird

• a rhino

• a shrimp

• a blowfish

Directions: Choose the best answer to each question.

Which pair is an example of a weird animal friendship?

• the red ant and the man-of-war

• the forest mouse and the baboon

• the tuatara and the hippopotamus

• the wrasse and the google-eye fish

Directions: Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

The flock of birds tried to avoid predators.

• insects that sting

• strong windstorms

• animals that eat plants

• animals that eat other animals

Directions: Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

Some animals require protection from other animals.

• greeting

• safety

• signals

• welcome

Directions: Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

The animal was immune to the snake’s poison.

• asleep from

• not as strong as

• not affected by

• already sick from

Directions: Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

Sharks are one species of fish.

• carrier

• eater

• group

• hunter

Directions: Read the question. Then choose the best answer.

Which word group is a synonym for emerges in the sentence below?

A bear emerges from its den at the end of winter.

• awakens slowly

• comes out

• roars loudly

• sleeps more