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Adelina’s Adelina’s WhalesWhales
By By Richard SobolRichard Sobol
Vocabulary
1. What is 1. What is rumblingrumbling??
a.Giving off a pleasant color
b.Making a low rolling sound
b. Making a low rolling b. Making a low rolling sound.sound.
2. What is a 2. What is a lagoonlagoon??a. Beach covered with sand dunes
b. Body of shallow water
b. Body of shallow water
3.3. What does What does massivemassive mean? mean?
a. enormousb. majestic
A. enormous
4.4. Some fish live in Some fish live in tropicaltropical waters. waters.
What does What does tropicaltropical mean? mean?a. warmb.calm
a. warm
5.5. Birds flew over the Birds flew over the bluff.bluff.What does What does bluffbluff mean? mean?
a. forestb.cliff
b. cliff
6.6. Have you ever met the new Have you ever met the new
biologistbiologist??a. Scientist who studies
living things.b.Scientist who studies
rocks.
a. Scientist who studies living things.
7. Where is Laguna San 7. Where is Laguna San Ignacio?Ignacio?a. Near a large city in
Oregon
b. On the coast of Baja California
b. On the coast of Baja California
ComprehensionQuestions
8.8. Why did Why did scientists scientists say that say that the mother whales travel to the mother whales travel to Laguna San Ignacio?Laguna San Ignacio?
a. To have their babiesb.To play with Adelina
a. To have their babies.a. To have their babies.
a. To have their babies.
9. Adelina had a good 9. Adelina had a good understanding understanding of nature. What detail shows of nature. What detail shows this?this?a. She was awakened by the
sound of whales exhaling.
b. She could tell time by the way the light reflected on the water.
b. She could tell time by the way b. She could tell time by the way the light reflected on the water.the light reflected on the water.
10.10.Which event happened Which event happened FIRST?FIRST?
a. Adelina ran to see a mother whale and her newborn calf.
b. Adelina’s grandfather had his first visit with a friendly whale.
b. Adelina’s grandfather had his first visit with a friendly whale.
11.11. Which sentence is only an Which sentence is only an opinion about feelings?opinion about feelings?
a. “[Adelina’s] little village does not have any movie theaters or traffic lights...”
b. “Maybe [the whales] told each other it was safe to visit [Laguna San Ignacio].”
b. “Maybe [the whales] told each other it was safe to visit [Laguna San Ignacio].”
12. Which sentence is a MAIN 12. Which sentence is a MAIN IDEA from the story?IDEA from the story?
a. Many people visited to Laguna San Ignacio to see the whales.
b. Scientists visited Laguna San Ignacio to study the gray whales.
a. Many people visited to Laguna San Ignacio to see the whales.
13. The generalization that says 13. The generalization that says there is a lot to learn about there is a lot to learn about whales is supported by details. whales is supported by details. Which detail supports it best? Which detail supports it best?
a. Adelina asked many questions about whales.
b. Adelina believed the whales came to visit her every year.
a. Adelina asked many questions about whales.
14. Why do you think the 14. Why do you think the author wrote this story?author wrote this story?
a. To describe a special place that gray whales migrate to every winter.
b.To convince people that whales should be saved.
a. To describe a special place that gray whales migrate to every winter.
15. Which statement is a 15. Which statement is a generalization based on the generalization based on the selection?selection?a. Gray whales never like
being around people.b. Children face many
choices for their future.
b. Children face many choices for their future.
16. Which statement is a 16. Which statement is a fact from the story?fact from the story?
a. “. . .The whale’s wide, flat tail is called a fluke. . .”
b. “. . .Adelina knows how lucky she is to live in Laguna San Ignacio.
a. “. . .The whale’s wide, flat tail is called a fluke. . .”
17.17.Why do the whales leave Why do the whales leave
Alaska and Russia?Alaska and Russia?a. The water is too polluted.b.The water is too cold.
b. The water is too cold.
18. How did you know that the 18. How did you know that the whales were important to whales were important to
Adelina?Adelina?a. She stated that she wanted
to live on the coast forever.b.She said that no matter
what she did when she grew up, she would always keep whales in her life.
b. She said that no matter what she did when she grew up, she would always keep whales in her life.
19. Why did Adelina say 19. Why did Adelina say that Laguna San Ignacio “is that Laguna San Ignacio “is the place where two worlds the place where two worlds
join together?”join together?”a. She knew her village was the only place
where whales and humans came to visit each other.
b. Laguna San Ignacio was a coastal village and Alaska has lots of coastal villages too.
a. She knew her village was the only place where whales and humans came to visit each other.
20. How were the people 20. How were the people who live in Laguna San who live in Laguna San Ignacio like the tourists that Ignacio like the tourists that came to visit the village?came to visit the village?a. They hunted the whales
for whale meat.b.They enjoyed watching
the whales in the lagoon.
b. They enjoyed watching the whales in the lagoon.
