The Sisterhood of the Traveling Trunks

Which choice provides the main ideas of the text?

• Elephants have a wide range of emotions that can include happiness and sadness. They express these emotions to one another through the sounds they make and the ways they interact with each other. Elephants are able to form lasting relationships with each other.

• Elephants are interesting animals that scientists enjoy studying. Research shows that elephants are incredibly smart because they have large brains and good hearing. This helps them get food and avoid dangerous situations in the wild.

• Elephants have many important qualities that help them live in the wild. They use their cleverness to find water and their emotions to show love and kindness to one another. Elephants protect the herd by working together and taking care of one another.

• Elephants are enormous and powerful animals that travel in herds made up of mostly female relatives. Male elephants only stay with the herd while young and then leave to travel alone. Female relatives work together to care for the herd and keep danger away.

What does the word bonded mean as it is used in paragraph 4?

• formed a close relationship

• left each other alone

• looked for each other

• returned to the wild

Which two choices tell how infrasonic sounds help elephants?

• They help elephants express their feelings of happiness.

• They help elephants protect each other by scaring off enemies.

• They help elephants know when danger may be approaching.

• They help elephants find food and water during times of need.

• They help elephants communicate over long distances.

What point does the author make about elephant herds?

• Elephant herds use creative ways to care for the young and the old.

• Elephant herds have females in charge of leading the others.

• Elephant herds travel very slowly because they have so many members.

• Elephant herds stop often to allow new mothers time to rest.

Which quotation from the text supports the answer to Part A?

• "An elephant separated from its herd might make the low call, and wait for a response, which it detects with its feet." (paragraph 5)

• "Elephants are social creatures that express feelings. They can show kindness, as when the herd waits for a slow elephant to catch up." (paragraph 6)

• "Elephants are true models of girl power. Led by a matriarch (older female), elephant herds of 8 to 100 animals are organized and run by females." (paragraph 7)

• "Caring for a calf is very demanding, so to make sure the new mom eats and rests enough, the ladies of the herd take turns babysitting the 200-pound newborn." (paragraph 8)

Which phrase from paragraph 5 helps the reader understand the meaning of the word detects?

• "...separated from its herd..."

• "...make the low call..."

• "...felt deep shifts in the ground..."

• "...warned each other by stomping..."

How does the text structure used in paragraph 3 of “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Trunks” compare to the text structure of the additional text?

• Both use problem and solution to show how animals create tools in order to make certain tasks easier to complete.

• Both use compare and contrast to show the similarities and differences between the tools used for finding food and finding water.

• Both use chronological order to show how parents teach their young from an early age to make tools.

• Both use cause and effect to show the reasons that tools are important in helping animals form relationships.

Which choice explains how “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Trunks” and the additional text differ in the points of view they represent?

• “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Trunks” provides an explanation of how elephants create many tools to perform different tasks, but the additional text provides a description of how dolphins complete all tasks with the same tool.

• “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Trunks” provides information about the various qualities that make elephants great animals, but the additional text provides information about the behaviors of dolphins that make them interesting.

• “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Trunks” provides a detailed overview of the qualities that make elephants successful leaders, but the additional text provides details about the qualities that make dolphins successful mothers.

• “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Trunks” provides details about scientists researching the family structures of elephants, but the additional text provides information about how scientists study dolphins kept in zoos.