Reading Explorer 3 U10B Inside Animal Mind

According to the caption at the top, what was Alex the parrot able to do?

• Fly back to Earth from space

• Answer questions about his understanding of the world

• Build a nested computer for researchers

• Sing popular English songs

What is the "larger lesson" of animal cognition research mentioned in paragraph G?

• Humans are the only creatures that can feel emotions.

• Animals will soon replace humans in building cities.

• We are not alone in our ability to invent, communicate, or think.

• All animals have the exact same level of intelligence.

According to paragraph G, which species remains "the creative species" that has built cities and made computers?

• Chimpanzees

• Parrots

• Humans

• Dolphins

What do critics believe animals are actually doing when they use tools or understand language?

• They are just copying human behavior.

• They are trying to attack humans.

• They are teaching other animal species.

• They are showing advanced creativity.

Which word in paragraph G means "to decide that something is not important or not worth considering"?

• invent

• demonstrate

• remain

• dismiss

According to many researchers in paragraph H, how did creativity and language in animals come about?

• They were taught by aliens.

• They have evolved over time.

• They were created in laboratories.

• They appeared suddenly by accident.

Who is Alex Kacelnik?

• An astronaut from NASA

• An animal researcher at Oxford University

• A Harvard University graduate

• A famous critic of animal intelligence

What discovery originally surprised people, as mentioned by Alex Kacelnik?

• That birds can fly long distances

• That octopuses can change color

• That chimpanzees make tools

• That parrots can live in complex societies

Why were people NOT surprised that chimpanzees are smart after thinking about it?

• Because chimpanzees share our ancestry.

• Because chimpanzees live in zoos.

• Because chimpanzees have large wings.

• Because chimpanzees can speak English.

What does finding advanced intelligence in birds prove about evolution?

• Evolution only happens in mammals.

• Evolution can invent similar forms of advanced intelligence more than once.

• Birds are directly related to humans.

• Advanced intelligence is reserved only for primates.