5th Grade Practice

1. "He let me ride on his back, even when he had to climb and I hung off him like a terrified monkey, gripping his fur with my feet dangling in the air."

​ Drag and drop the words that mean the same as gripping as it is used in this sentence.

​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• Grasping
• Holding
• Clutching
• Understanding
• Snagging
• Controlling

2. "I wanted to stroke him, but I was too scared."

Select the word from the drop-down menu that correctly completes the sentence.

_ means the same as stroke as it is used in the passage.

• Hug

• Kiss

• Pet

• Squeeze

3. "He had a bigger head and a pair of huge white fangs that hooked over his bottom lip as thick as horns, with points like freshly-dripped icicles." (Paragraph 4)

What does the expression "hooked over" mean as it is used in this passage?

• The fangs curled up like horns pointing toward the sky.

• The fangs hung down out of his mouth, even when it was closed.

• There was liquid dripping from the tiger's mouth.

• The tiger's mouth was wide open so the narrator could see his teeth and fangs.

4. "There aren't any around anymore."

Select the word from the drop-down menu that correctly completes the sentence.

The tiger uses the phrase "aren't any around anymore" to explain that mammoths

• have moved

• are extinct

• are smaller

• are difficult to hunt

5. "It got warmer," he said. "The mammoths lost their coats, and I suppose my great-great-great-great great . . ." This time I'd almost drifted off to sleep when he finished it: " . . . great-great-grandfather's teeth must have disappeared around the same time."

The underlined phrase "around the same time" suggests that the tiger's ancestor lost his teeth when

• temperatures increased

• mammoths moved away

• people moved into the area

• the tiger and his family were born

6. What can the reader infer based on the information in paragraph 6?

• The narrator is a tiger.

• The narrator thinks the tiger is lying about his ancestors.

• The narrator is angry with the tiger.

• The narrator is afraid of the tiger.

7. Part A

Which statement is supported by information in the passage?

• Changes in the climate many years ago resulted in changes in animals at that time.

• Tigers no longer exist because the mammoths disappeared many years ago.

• Mammoths no longer exist because the tigers hunted them many years ago.

• Humans changed how animals interacted many years ago, which led to the disappearance of the mammoth and other animals.

7. Part B

Which sentence from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

• "On the walls were pictures of tigers hunting buffalo, tigers hunting crocodiles, tigers hunting antelope." (Paragraph 3)

• "He had a bigger head and a pair of huge white fangs that hooked over his bottom lip as thick as horns, with points like freshly-dripped icicles." (Paragraphs 4)

• "It's a mammoth. There aren't any around anymore. They've all gone as well." (Paragraph 6)

• "It got warmer," he said. "The mammoths lost their coats" (Paragraph 8)

8. Which two ideas should be included in a summary of the passage?

• The narrator felt like a monkey riding on the large tiger's back.

• In the Cave of the Tigers, drawings recorded the history of the tiger's family.

• The stripes of the tiger drawn on the wall were like bars of a prison.

• One of the tigers on the wall had teeth that reminded the narrator of icicles.

• The tiger's earliest ancestor was very different from him, with a larger head and longer teeth.

9. Which statement best summarizes paragraph 2 of the passage?

• The narrator wished the moon was full the night he was at the cave so that he could see better.

• It was a dark night when the tiger took the narrator to the mountain cave.

• The narrator could not see as well as the tiger in the dark.

• The tiger was disappointed that the narrator needed a candle to see the cave drawings.