Comprehension
Questions
Note:
This product does
NOT include the story
Zipping, Zapping, Zooming
Bats By Ann Earle.
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1. What
a)
b)
c)
d)
are pages 10-11 mostly about?
how bats are good hunters
how bats use echolocation to hunt
how bats have special wings
how people tell scary stories about bats
2. Complete the following chart.
Bats help people in different ways.
They get rid
of insects that
bite people.
They eat lots of
insects reducing
insect population.
How do bats help people?
a) They scare people.
b) They can catch a flying insect with their wing.
c) They zap insects that destroy farmers‟ crops.
d) They‟re expert fliers.
3. What is not a way that people can help bats?
a) Use poisons on people‟s yards.
b) Have gates on cave entrances.
c) Create groups to inform people about bats.
d) Put bat houses in people‟s yards.
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4. Which sentence is an opinion from the story?
a) Bats eat insects.
b) Bats are really very gentle.
c) Bats are mammals.
d) In winter, bats hibernate.
5. Complete the following cause and effect chart.
CAUSE
EFFECT
They will starve before
spring.
Fill in the blank with the best answer.
a) People scare bats when they are in their caves.
b) Bats fly out windows people open.
c) Bats use up too much stored food.
d) Bats hang upside down by their toe claws.
6. What does it mean when the story said that, “a flying bat can move its wings much the
way you can move your fingers?”
a) it can zap moths, beetles, and grasshoppers
b) it can quickly change the shape of its wings
c) it can make high beeping sounds
d) it has long arm bones with extra-long finger bones
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Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats
Note:
This product does NOT include the story Zipping, Zapping,
Zooming Bats by Ann Earle. It is a supplement to use for
comprehension. The comprehension questions were created by
Jennifer Kelsheimer for the book called Zipping, Zapping, Zooming
Bats by Ann Earle and Illustrated by Henry Cole. The
comprehension questions presented here are of my own creation
and are not endorsed and not affiliated with the author or her
publisher(s). I make no claims to the original work.
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