The Sisterhood of the Traveling Trunks

Which choice provides the main ideas of the text?

• Elephants have a wide range of emotions that can include happiness and sadness. They express these emotions to one another through the sounds they make and the ways they interact with each other. Elephants are able to form lasting relationships with each other.

• Elephants are interesting animals that scientists enjoy studying. Research shows that elephants are incredibly smart because they have large brains and good hearing. This helps them get food and avoid dangerous situations in the wild.

• Elephants have many important qualities that help them live in the wild. They use their cleverness to find water and their emotions to show love and kindness to one another. Elephants protect the herd by working together and taking care of one another.

• Elephants are enormous and powerful animals that travel in herds made up of mostly female relatives. Male elephants only stay with the herd while young and then leave to travel alone. Female relatives work together to care for the herd and keep danger away.

What can the reader infer about elephants and their watering holes based on the text?

• Elephants may travel long distances to get to watering holes.

• Elephants share where watering holes are located with other herds.

• Elephants hide their watering holes from other animals.

• Elephants must use tools they make themselves to find watering holes.

Which phrase from paragraph 5 helps the reader understand the meaning of the word detects

• “…separated from its herd…”

• “…make the low call…”

• …felt deep shifts in the ground…”

• …warned each other by stomping…”

What does the word survived mean as it is used in paragraph 5?

• heard about

• lived through

• swam across

• watched over

Which two choices tell how infrasonic sounds help elephants?

• They help elephants express their feelings of happiness.

• They help elephants protect each other by scaring off enemies.

• They help elephants know when danger may be approaching

• They help elephants find food and water during times of need

• They help elephants communicate over long distances.

What does the author mean by the phrase “the great gray wall” in paragraph 8?

• The elephants like to be together.

• The elephants are unable to move.

• The elephants do not let anything get through

• The elephants can be seen from very far away.

Which quotation supports the inference that younger elephants need the information held by the older members of the herd?

• Adult females, their daughters, granddaughters, sisters, and nieces all travel together, while bulls (adult males) leave the herd to live alone.” (paragraph 7

• She passes her knowledge down to other females in the herd, who learn by watching and copying her movements.” (paragraph 7)

• When a female is ready to give birth (after 22 months of pregnancy!), the herd forms a tight circle around her.” (paragraph 8)

• “While healthy adults have few natural enemies, big cats, wild dogs, and crocodiles can attack calves (babies) and weaker elephants.” (paragraph 8)