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7. According to the passage, you can figure out that
a. hippopotamuses are large animals
b. hippopotamuses are related to horses

c. hippopotamuses sweat blood
d. hippopotamuses eat a lot of food

8. Which of these is a fact?

a. Hippopotamuses are better swimmers than crocodiles.
b. Hippopotamuses can stay under water for 5 to 10 minutes.
c. Hippopotamuses are big and scary.
d. Hippopotamuses are fat and ugly.

9. This was mainly written to
a. explain to people how hippopotamuses live
b. tell people how to be like a hippopotamus
c. convince people to live near hippopotamuses

d. advise people to stay away from hippopotamuses

10. The words walk about tell you
a. hippopotamuses go around wherever they want to

b. hippopotamuses walk only a short distance
c. hippopotamuses walk very quickly
d. hippopotamuses walking carefully

True or False

Check “T” for true and “F” for false.

1. Hippopotamus means river cow. T F

2. Hippopotamuses lives in the rivers and lakes of Asia. T F

3. Hippopotamuses have ivory tusks. T F

4. Hippopotamuses live up to 30 years. T F

5. Hippopotamuses are expert divers and fast T F

swimmers.

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