5th Grade ELA – Pre-test Assessment 4

Part A

Read the sentence from paragraph 5 of the article by Dyan deNapoli.

Normally, African penguins are vocal birds.

What does the word vocal mean as it is used in the sentence?

Part B

Which sentence from the article best helps the reader understand the meaning of vocal in Part A?

Part A

Select the best summary of the article by Dyan deNapoli.

A. A large oil spill in the water near Cape Town endangered the lives of a nearby penguin population. Despite their efforts, rescuers quickly realized that the penguins needed more care than they could provide.
B. A large oil spill in the water near Cape Town threatened the penguins who lived on a nearby island. Experts spent months caring for the injured birds, but many were unable to be released back into the wild.
C. A large oil spill in the water near Cape Town placed a nearby penguin population in danger. Thousands of rescuers worked together to help the penguins and eventually returned them to their home.
D. A large oil spill in the water near Cape Town threatened the lives of penguins living nearby. Experts trained the many people who volunteered to help the penguins.

Part B

Which two quotations from the article best support the answer to Part A?

A. “The region’s penguins were in trouble.”
B. “The center needed penguin keepers to train the volunteers.”
C. “But we already had our hands full with 20,000 recovering birds.”
D. ” If any more birds were oiled, we wouldn’t have enough resources to save them.”
E. ” In the end, more than 90 percent of the oiled penguins were successfully returned to the wild.”
F. ” In a previous large-scale penguin rescue, only half of the oiled birds survived.”

Part A

How does the author, Dyan deNapoli, support the idea that cleaning the penguins was a difficult task?

Part B

Which paragraph in the article by Dyan deNapoli best supports the answer to Part A?

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