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Reading Questions

Choose the best answer.

1. According to the article, what are medium sized kangaroos called?
a. red kangaroos
b. wallabies

c. wankabees
d. rat kangaroos

2. What comes first in the article?

a. Kangaroos belong to a branch of the animal kingdom called the
“marsupial.”
b. The newborn kangaroo fastens its mouth to the nipple.

c. The red kangaroo is a shy, nervous animal that eats grass and leaves.
d. The smallest is the rat kangaroo, which is about the size of a rabbit.

3. How does the kangaroo defend itself?

a. by jumping
b. by camouflaging itself
c. by kicking with its powerful legs
d. by spitting ink

4. What does a female marsupial have that other mammals don’t?
a. nipples
b. teeth
c. pouch

d. fur

5. If a joey was born on December, when would the joey come out of the
pouch?

a. January
b. February
c. March

d. April

6. Which sentence uses the word branches in the same way it is used in
the article?

a. She borrowed her books from a different library branch last time.
b. The monkeys broke off the tree branches for fun.
c. The bank is planning to branch throughout the country.
d. all of the above

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