'Real-life Dragons" (test prep)

What is the main idea of the text?

• People can be kind to animals by taking care of nature.

• People should work together to help animals that are in danger.

• Real animals can be as strange and interesting as pretend ones.

• Animals around the world live in many different types of homes.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Which quotation from paragraph 4 shows why sea dragons spend most of their day eating?

• The sea dragon is found in tropical waters around Australia.

• It is shaped like a seahorse, but it looks as if there are leaves growing all over its body.

• Those leafy-looking parts act as camouflage that help hide the sea dragon in the seaweed and kelp.

• It doesn't have a stomach to hold its food.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

Why is it useful for blue dragon sea slugs to eat the poisonous tentacles of the man-of-war?

• The poison in the tentacles give them their bright blue color.

• The poison in the tentacles helps them float in the water.

• They can use the poison in the tentacles of their enemies.

• They can use the poison in the tentacles to grow larger.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

According to the text, for which two reasons does the flying dragon lizard leap from tree to tree?

• The lizard wants to follow its family members.

• The lizard wants to find more food.

• The lizard wants to look for a new home.

• The lizard wants to stay cool in the heat.

• The lizard wants to stay safe from enemies.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Which quotation from the text shows a way in which a real dragon may have something in common with a pretend dragon?

• "Others are brown, like sand, and stay on the ocean floor."

  (paragraph 2)

• "This sea slug feeds on the stinging, poisonous tentacles of the man-of-war, a relative of the jellyfish."

  (paragraph 3)

• "Instead, the blue dragon sea slug stores the poison inside its body."

  (paragraph 3)

• "The dragon snake has three rows of large, rough scales down the middle of its back, like a dragon."

  (paragraph 5)

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CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

Part A

What is the meaning of the word "sharp" in paragraph 7?

• able to spot objects easily

• decorated with bright colors

• pointy to the touch

• slow to become tired

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Part B

Which phrase from paragraph 7 supports the answer in Part A?

• "...spring to fall."

• "...red or pink..."

• "...as a pencil."

• "...see really well."

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

With which statement would the author most likely agree?

• People can ride on a boat and easily spot a blue dragon sea slug.

• People can find many animals that are like the blue dragon sea slug.

• People should stay away from the blue dragon sea slug.

• People should go fishing to catch a blue dragon sea slug.

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CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6