Bats by Laurence Pringles

What does Geraldine Griswold run at her house in Connecticut by night?

• a bat cave

• a radio station

• a "bat hospital"

• the traffic report

The author divides the text into sections using subheadings. What does the author describe in the section with the subheading "A Bat Rap"?

• the decline in the number of bats worldwide

• Griswold's experience with caring for bats

• correct information people generally believe about bats

• incorrect information people generally believe about bats

Read this sentence from the text:

"Bats pollinate plants, spread seeds, and, most important, eat insects--including pesky, disease-carrying mosquitoes.

"What inference about bats does this information support?

• Bats can be very helpful to other species, including humans.

• Bats can be very harmful to other species, including humans.

• The number of bats worldwide is in serious decline.

• The 20 million to 50 million bats that live in Bracken Cave near San Antonio eat 250 tons of insects a night.

What will probably happen to the populations of insects bats normally eat as the bats' habitats are threatened?

• The populations of insects will probably decrease.

• The populations of insects will probably increase

• The populations of insects will probably stay the same

• The populations of insects will probably disappear

What is this text mostly about?

• Griswold's "bat hospital"

• bats and Griswold's efforts to help them

• dangers bats face

• incorrect information people believe about bats

Read these sentences from the text:

"Griswold is no stranger to bats. She grew up on a farm where bats were a common sight. So it was no surprise how quickly she took to an orphaned baby bat she found squeaking on the ground outside her house ten years ago. She took in the bat and fed it milk from a goat on her farm.

"What does the phrase "took to" mean in this sentence?

• moved to another place

• became afraid of

• grew to hate

• grew to like