Story Works 2 What's That Smell?

How are these two texts alike?

• Both texts are about things that have a stinky smell.

• Both texts are about stinky animals.

• Both texts are about animals that smell good.

True or false? Some insects in the forest like the smell of rotting meat.

• True

• False

The corpse flower grows in the ___________ of Indonesia.

• desert

• rainforests

• swamps

Why do you have to plan carefully if you’d like to smell the stink of the corpse flower?

• The corpse flower only blooms once every 7 to 10 years

• People wait in long lines to see a corpse flower bloom.

• No one knows where to find a corpse flower.

What is the dust in flowers that can make seeds grow?

• corpse flowers

• botanic gardens

• pollen

The opossum only makes a stink when it is ___________.

• young

• scared

• up in a tree

The article says, “The opossum makes a stink to trick predators, like foxes.” What are predators?

• animals that eat other animals

• animals that eat only plants

• animals that are furry

What does “playing possum” mean?

• It means that the opossum plays dead when it is scared.

• It’s when other animals pretend to be opossums.

• It’s when people play songs about opossums.

True or False? The opossum always plays dead for fi ve minutes.

• True

• False

Where does the opossum’s smell come from?

• slime

• fur

• ears