2024- NWEA Reading Practice #1 Response

1. Based on the information in the article, what is the author’s purpose?

• to persuade people to adopt dingoes
• to explain a new method of training dingoes
• to inform farmers about a potential problem
• to explain both sides of the dingo issue

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

2. Which statement BEST supports the author's purpose from question 1 above?

• The author believes that dingoes make excellent pets.
• The author discussed the danger to farm animals, and the decrease in food supply.
• The author provides examples of dingoes that have been trained by farmers.
• The author cited several cases of sheep attacks by dingoes.

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

3. How do you suppose the Aboriginal people feel about recent events?

• They would be in favor of protecting the dingoes.
• They would be unaware of any problems with the dingoes.
• They would be in favor of hunting the dingoes to decrease their population.
• They would be angry at the dingoes for causing so much trouble.

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

4. Which detail from the article BEST supports the previous question about how the Aboriginal people feel concerning recent events?

• “The dingo is a wild dog native to Australia.”
• “Dingoes have lived in harmony with the Aboriginal people for thousands of years.”
• “Many people think they are aggressive, but that simply isn’t true.”
• “Because of the numerous complaints from farmers, bounties have been set up across several states.”

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

5. What is the purpose of the graph in Paragraph 4?

• to turn public opinion away from the dingoes
• to provide information on public opinion
• to anger the farmers about the dingo problem
• to share ideas about saving the dingoes

5. What does the term, “three dog night” mean?

• It is so cold that it takes three dogs to help a person stay warm.
• It is so dangerous that it takes three dogs to protect a house.
• Dingoes are dangerous because they attack in threes.
• Dingoes are lucky because they travel in packs of threes.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6. Which detail from the article provides evidence for the answer to the previous question about a "three dog night"?

• “They are a symbol of protection . . .”
• “They serve as companions, physical protectors . . .”
• “ . . . poverty causes a lack of bedding when temperatures drop”
• “. . . a string of dingo attacks on their animals”

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

7 Which statement includes TWO central ideas of the article?

• Dingoes are dangerous, and their population is rising.
• Dingoes’ food sources are dwindling, and they are attacking the sheep population.
• Dingoes are breaking into homes, and they have been injured in these break ins.
• Dingoes have become extinct, and many people are upset about their extinction.

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

8. Which details support the answer to the previous question about the two central ideas? SELECT TWO ANSWER CHECKBOXES.

• “wildlife has greatly decreased the dingo food supply” (paragraph 6)
• "some recent attacks on farm animals (paragraph 1)
• “some recent attacks on humans” (paragraph 3)
• “They are shy animals, and a little bit skittish” (paragraph 4)
• “It is all about education and compassion” (paragraph 7)

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

9. “They are shy animals, and a little bit skittish.” What does the word, “skittish” mean?

• aggressive
• apprehensive
• famished
• lethargic

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4