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1. What is the main idea of this passage?
Problem Solution
a. Elephants leave hurt babies behind.

b. Echo helped Ely and waited for him. Ely had weak front Ely’s mother , Echo,

c. Echo and Ely were in the same group. legs and couldn’t stand up. didn’t leave him.

The other elephants needed She helped him stand

2. What was Echo in her group? to move away. up.

a. the leader b. the baby c. the father

3. Ely had front legs when he was born.

a. strong b. good c. weak

4. How long did it take for Ely to stand up? helped front move mother

a. two days b. three days c. three weeks

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Check true or false.
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Echo was the leader of her elephant group. She had a baby named
5. All the elephants helped Ely stand up.
Ely. He couldn’t stand up. If a baby is hurt , elephants

6. Echo and Ely went back to the other elephants. usually leave it behind. However, Echo didn’t leave Ely. She

helped him. Three days later, Ely slowly stood up, and they joined their

group again.
Write the correct answer.

7. Why did the other elephants move away?
leave hurt leader group stand
They needed to find food .

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