Spiders Final Quiz

Is your Wonders Book open to the Spiders story on pg. 90?

• Yes

• No

Do you have your Wonders Book in front of you?

• Yes

• No

Part A: What is the central idea of “Spiders”?

• Spider webs are made of silk

• Spiders eat in an unusual way to help them survive.

• Spiders share similar special features.

• Spiders make similar kinds of webs.

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Part B: Which relevant detail does the author include that support the central idea?

• “ The spider rests until its new skin dries and hardens.”

• “It waits for prey to come close enough to grab.”

• “Insects have six legs.”

• “Most spiders have eight eyes, so they can look several ways at once.”

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What does the word dribbles mean, as is used in the following sentence?

Then, it dribbles digestive juices on its meal.

• covers something with fabric

• lets run from the mouth

•  lets go of something

•  swallows liquid quickly

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What does the caption on pg. 97 help the reader to understand? (see above)

• It tells about a specific type of spider and how it uses its jaw to survive.

• It tells about a spiders eyesight and how they see.

• It tells about the process the spider’s skin goes through.

• It tells about how spiders are able to create webs and the steps it takes to make them.

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What kind of figurative language is used in the phrase “some spiders are as small as a grain of sand”?

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

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Which sentence below gives the central idea of page 101?

• A lot of spiders wait for their prey to come close enough to grab.

• A spider sheds its skin in order to create their new web.

• Most cobalt-blue tarantula’s roll onto their back to moly into new skin.

• A spider’s skin goes through a process to be tough and protect them.

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How does the phrase “it’s new skin is soft and damp like putty” help the reader to understand a spider’s new skin?

• The spider’s silk is brand new and bendable so it is not hard enough to keep the spider safe.

• The spider’s silk is wet to keep the spider from having to drink a lot.

• The spider’s silk can be made into different putty shapes.

• The spider’s silk no longer needs to be hard because the spider can protect itself in its web.

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Which is an example of an alliteration?

• “Others hang like messy tangles in the corner of your garage.”

• “Silk is the secret of spider success.”

• “The biggest, the Goliath birdeater tarantula from South America, is as big as a page in this book.”

• “Some webs look like old tissue paper draped on hedges.”