Encantado

1. 6. Jake bought a new aquarium.

Bird cage

Fish tank

Dog house

Horse barn

2. I need flexible material.

Comfortable

Stretchable

Washable

Remarkable

3. 5. She reached the surface.

Top

Far side

Highest peak

Exact center

4. We saw the enchanted sea.

Polluted

Imaginary

Peaceful

Magical

5. 2. The students watch the dolphins.

Marine mammals

Flying insects

Fresh water fish

Desert reptiles

6. 8. Which sentence from the selection is an opinion?

You're traveling in a world that is full of water.

The wet season is the best time of year to explore the Amazon.

Many of the village houses are built on stilts, too.

Instead of taking a school bus to class, the kids take a canoe.

7. Why is one part of the selection called "Nightmare Dream World?"

The rain forest was both dangerous and amazing.

The rain forest was only a great place for animals to live.

The rain forest had a plant that causes bad dreams.

The rain forest had both plants and animals.

8. 7. We only got a few glimpses.

Photographs

Short stories

Complaints

Brief views

9. According to the selection, why do dolphins send out sound beams from their foreheads?

To help them identify the things around them

To talk with other dolphins that are nearby

To scare away other animals that might eat them

To show that a certain area is their territory

10. Pink dolphins are probably difficult to study because they are hard to

Catch because they can move in different directions.

See because they swim in dark, leaf stained water.

Find because there are so few living in the Amazon River.

Locate because they stay far away from people.

11. 3. My cat purrs with rumbling pulses.

Deep breaths

Heavy sighs

Rhythmic beats

Excited meows

12. What detail best supports the generalization that ocean dolphins would not be able to survive in the Amazon River?

Their flippers are too small to push them against the river currents.

They have tails that would force them to swim slowly and low in the water.

Their bodies do not bend well so they would not be able to get around the branches.

They have small fins on their backs that make it difficulty for them to dive.

13. The selection said that pink dolphins can "whirl around like a Ferris wheel." What does this mean?

They can dive straight down.

They can jump high in the air.

They can spin in a circle.

They can flip upside down.

14. According to the selection, how are dolphins and submarines alike?

The go up the Amazon River.

They can only move in shallow water.

They use sonar in the water.

They travel at high rates of speed.

15. Which of the following is a fact from the selection?

"Sometimes pink dolphins' behavior seems downright weird."

"Canoeing through the flooded forest feels like a dream."

"And that's just one of the mysteries about pink dolphins."

"Some of the trees have spines growing our of their trunks."

16. What generalization can be made from the information in the selection?

There are many dangers in the Amazon.

All of the trees in the Amazon have spines.

Most of the animals in the rain forest are deadly.

Pink dolphins are usually friendly to humans.

17. What is a main idea of the second part of "Nightmare Dream World?"

The tangarana tree is home to the black tangarana ants.

Black tangarana ants will jump off tree limbs into a canoe.

The tangarana tree has long, oval leaves with hollow stems.

Black tangarana ants will protect the tree that is their home.