Info: What do animals dream about? CFU

1. Read this sentence from the passage.

“‘The rats seem to be traveling back in time, revisiting places they have

been,’ says Wilson.” (paragraph 9)

How does the phrase “traveling back in time” contribute to the tone of

the paragraph?

• by showing concern about rats’ dreams

• by showing uncertainty about rats’ dreams

• by creating a sense of wonder about rats’ dreams

• by creating a sense of longing about rats’ dreams

Select the word from paragraph 12 which comes from

a Latin word meaning “an object used to spur or cause a reaction.”

• Stimulus

• Focused

• Relaxation

• Rebound

• Subsequently

(Reread Paragraph 14)
Select two statements that describe the significance of the rhetorical

question at the end of paragraph 14.

• Klein is calling for further studies on the subject.

• Klein is challenging an accepted notion about bees.

• C Klein is using his research to make an educated guess

• Klein is encouraging the reader to think about bee dreams

• Klein is persuading the reader to ask new questions about bees.

How does beginning the sentence with the phrase “recent research” help

achieve the author’s purpose in paragraph 15?

• It provides background on dream studies.

• It contrasts different types of animal dreams.

• It introduces major questions for future exploration.

• It emphasizes the idea that new facts have been accepted.

In the section Insects and Other Creatures, how does the author

develop the argument that insects probably dream?

• by citing an expert in insect sleep

• by making guesses about insect sleep

• by providing an opinion about insect sleep

• by comparing insect sleep and human sleep

What is the purpose of the section titled To Sleep, Perchance to . . .

Understand You’re Dreaming?

• to explain how dreaming affects living things when they awaken

• to emphasize the limits of current information about animal sleep

• to present the facts that scientists know about how other

  species sleep

• to question if people can determine the difference between dreams

  and reality