"Bat Loves the Night" Comprehension Test

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1. What does Bat do at the start of the passage?

• wakes up
• finds a cave
• catches food
• feeds her babies

2. What does Bat do before she starts to fly?

• shouts loudly
• looks for food
• finds her babies
• unhooks her toes

3. What is Bat's voice compared to in the passage?

• a leaf
• a cave
• a shadow
• a flashlight

4. Bat shouts as she flies and uses her _____ to see.

• eyes

• wings

• echoes

• feet

5. What happened to the moth the first time Bat tried to catch it?

• The moth was moon-dust slippery and it slithered from Bat's teeth.

• Bat ate the moth up quickly.

• Bat found another moth to catch.

• The moth got away.

6. Why do baby bats stay in the nest for the first few weeks of their lives?

• They cannot fly.
• They cannot hear.
• They are too cold.
• They are too small.

7. Bats are nocturnal animals. What does this mean?

• Bats eat plants.
• Bats sleep during the day and hunt for food at night.

• Bats sleep at night.
• Bats are good at flying.

8. What is the place where bats sleep called?

• nest

• den

• roost

• attic

9. What happens at the end of the passage when the birds are singing?

• Bat listens to them sing.

• Bath is sleeping with her batling.

• Bat hears her baby calling for her.
• Bat is flying around with the birds.