3.5 Reading Test

1. What does Octopus do after she notices the sea turtle?

• squeezes into an empty shell
• dives down to catch some shrimp
• leaves her home in search of food
• turns the color of the plants around her

2. Why do octopuses spray ink?

• so they can leave a trail to their dens
• because the ink helps them clean their food
• so they can hide and then escape from attackers
• because the force of the ink helps them swim faster

3. The passage says that Octopus looks for crabs in shallow water by the shoreline. What does shallow mean?

• dark
• warm
• not calm
• not deep

4. In the passage, Octopus comes across a sea turtle, an eel, a shark, a grouper, and a gull. What do these animals have in common?

• They are all hunting for clams.
• They are all friends of Octopus.
• All of them live in caves in the sea.
• All of them might want to eat Octopus.

5. What is the passage mostly about?

• where octopuses live
• how octopuses stay safe
• what octopuses like to eat
• why octopuses have eight arms