5.4 (Manatees in Trouble 3.10A Authors Purpose & Message)

Which idea from the selection does the photograph next to paragraph 4 support?

• A. A manatee is a unique animal.

• B. A manatee has a forked tail.

• C. A manatee is a type of elephant.

• D. A manatee can live in any water.

The photograph next to paragraph 4 helps the reader understand -

• A. why a manatee lives underwater

• B. what a manatee eats

• C. details of the manatee that make it special

• D. how a manatee compares to a walrus

What is the most likely reason the author wrote this selection?

• A. To inform the reader about manatees and how they are special and different

• B. To show the reader how manatees breathe

• C. To give the reader information about what the manatees’ home looks like

• D. To emphasize the differences between manatees and dolphins

In paragraph 4, the prefix un- helps the reader understand that unlike means -

• A. much like

• B. not like

• C. able to like

• D. like again

Read these sentences from paragraph 6. What is the best paraphrase of these sentences?

Manatee babies drink their mothers’ milk.

Also, like other mammals, manatees have

hair—but only a little bit.

• A. Manatees drink their mothers’ milk until they can find food on their own.

• B. Manatees have a small amount of hair that covers their bodies.

• C. Manatees are mammals, so they drink their mothers’ milk and have hair.

• D. All mammals have at least some hair on their bodies.