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Saving the Elephants

Quiz by Nicole Garcia

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  • Q1
    What are elephant sanctuaries?
    camps built for entertaining tourists
    places where elephants are trained to do tricks
    places where elephants are beaten
    camps built for saving elephants
    120s
  • Q2
    In this text, the author draws a contrast. What does the author contrast with the treatment of elephants in Thai sanctuaries?
    the treatment of elephants in other countries
    the treatment of humans by elephants
    the treatment of elephants at some tourist camps
    the treatment of elephants by visitors from foreign countries
    120s
  • Q3
    Elephant trainers at tourist camps have a convincing reason to take advantage of elephants. What evidence from the text best supports this conclusion?
    Mahouts can make a lot of money by offering elephant rides or teaching theirelephants to do tricks.
    Harnesses made from wood can severely hurt an elephant's back if they are not fitted and worn properly.
    One elephant at Boon Lott sanctuary used to wear a harness for twenty hours a day for tourist rides.
    The Conservation Center says that more than half of Thailand’s 3,000 or so elephants likely work in the tourism industry.
    120s
  • Q4
    How does the author of this text most likely feel about the treatment of many elephants in the tourism industry?
    The author most likely disapproves of it, and thinks it is often cruel and unfair to elephants.
    The author most likely feels that the treatment of elephants by the tourism industry is bad, but necessary.
    The author most likely approves of it because of its importance to the Thai economy.
    The author most likely cannot decide whether to support or oppose the tourism industry’s treatment of elephants.
    120s
  • Q5
    What is the main idea of the passage?
    While many tourist camps in Thailand mistreat elephants, many other tourist camps treat elephants properly.
    Elephants have been mistreated by humans in Thailand since before tourist camps became popular.
    Many tourist camps in Thailand mistreat elephants, but elephant sanctuaries are working to rehabilitate and protect them.
    Elephants are popular in Thai tourism because tourists are enthralled by animals they normally do not get to see.
    120s
  • Q6
    Read these sentences from the text. Local farmers would force elephants to haul heavy logs long distances, resulting in many animal injuries and sometimes even deaths. When it became illegal for Thais to use elephants for logging, some turned to other industries to exploit the animal. Based on these sentences, what does the word "exploit" mean?
    to help improve
    to give veterinarian treatment to
    to teach and train
    to take advantage of
    120s
  • Q7
    Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. Paintings by elephants became very popular around 2008, when a video was posted online of a baby elephant using its trunk to hold a paintbrush and paint strokes across a blank canvas. Camps around Thailand began to train their own elephants to do the same, ______ the increased exploitation of the gentle animal.
    after
    because of
    causing
    in spite of
    120s

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