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Questions and Commands Quiz Answer Key
Sea Lion Treks 65 Miles From California Coast
http://outside.away.com/outside/news/20040211_1.html
Sample Responses
Question 1 Essay 3 point(s)
Compose a Yes-No question. Provide an answer.
Response:
Did The California Highway Patrol (CHP) handle an unusual kind of traffic obstruction Monday morning?
Yes, they did because they found a 300-pound sea lion alongside a road in Merced County, over 65 miles from the California coast
Question 2 Essay 3 point(s)
Compose an information question using who or what as a subject. Provide an answer.
Response:
Who is the project manager at the Marine Mammal Center?
Kathy Zagzebski is.
Response:
What will be done to the sea lion within the next day or two?
A veterinary exam will be done within the next day or two to check for internal injuries.
Question 3 Essay 3 point(s)
Compose an information question using whom or what as the object of a verb or preposition. Provide an answer.
Response:
Whom did Kathy Zagzebski and Shelbi Stou tell that sea lions occasionally move their way up rivers from the ocean following schools of fish?
They told the Los Angles Times.
Response:
What did Kathy Zagzebski and Shelbi Stou tell the Los Angles Times?
They told them that sea lions occasionally move their way up rivers from the ocean following schools of fish.
Question 4 Essay 3 point(s)
Compose an information question using what kind, when, or where. Provide an answer.
Response:
What kind of traffic obstruction did the California Highway Patrol find alongside a road in Merced County on Monday morning?
They found a 300-pound sea lion obstructing the road.
Question 5 Essay 3 point(s)
Compose an information question using whose, which, or why. Provide an answer
Response:
Whose car did the sea lion climb up onto?
The sea lion climbed up onto one of the CHP's patrol cars for a nap.
Response:
Which was the sea lion's most likely course of travel to Merced County?
The most likely course of travel was down the San Joaquin River from the San Francisco Bay Area.
Response:
Why were six people required to carry the sea lion to the vehicle, in which he was transported to Sausalito?
The 300-pound sea lion was very big and heavy, so six people were required to carry him to the vehicle.
Response:
Why do sea lions wander so far away from the ocean?
According to Stoudt, sometimes it's to follow a food source, but it's basically curiosity.
Question 6 Essay 3 point(s)
Compose an information question using how, how much, how many, how far, how long, or how __. Provide an answer.
Response:
How did the sea lion get so far from the coast to Merced County?
According to Shelbi Stout, Assistant Manager of Stranding with the Marine Mammal Center, "The most likely course of travel was down the San Joaquin River from the San Francisco Bay Area."
Response:
How many sea lions did the California Highway Patrol find on that road?
They found one sea lion.
Response:
How much did the sea lion weigh?
It weighed 300 pounds.
Response:
How far had the sea lion traveled from the California coast?
It had traveled over 65 miles from the California coast to the place where the CHP found it.
Response:
How long will the sea lion rest at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito?
The animal's release will depend on if it's suffering from a disease. She added that cancer, lungworm infections, neurological diseases, and even gunshot wounds are just a few of the ailments that cannot be determined externally.
How often do sea lions move their way up rivers from the ocean following schools of fish?
According to Kathy Zagzebski, a project manager with the Marine Mammal Center, it happens occasionally.
Question 7 Essay 3 point(s)
Compose a tag question. Provide an answer.
Response:
The officials are uncertain exactly how the animal was able to get so far from shore, aren't they?
Yes, they are uncertain because the sea lion can't tell them!
Police Officer Mike Panelli nicknamed the sea lion Chippy, didn't he?
Yes, he dubbed the mammal Chippy because he jumped on top of a CHP patrol car and took a nap there.
This is the first time a sea lion has strayed from the San Francisco Bay, isn't it?
No, this is not the first time a sea lion has strayed from the San Francisco Bay, but its journey is one of the furthest, according to Stoudt.
Question 8 Essay 3 point(s)
Compose an embedded question using if, whether, or that.
Response:
Someone asked whether or not the rescuers were able to harness the sea lion in a net and put him in a stainless steel cage. (S+VT+ O=ncl)
Response:
People wondered if Chippy would be examined and released from the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito in a few days. (S+VT+ O=ncl)
Response:
The volunteers were concerned whether the sea lion had suffered any internal injuries. (S+VL+ complement=ncl)
Question 9 Essay 3 point(s)
Compose an embedded question using any WH-word (What, How, etc.).
Response:
Nobody really knows how the sea lion climbed up onto one of the CHP's patrol. (S+VT+ O=ncl)
Response:
Do you wonder why the sea lion traveled 65 miles away from its home territory? (S+VT+ O=ncl)
Response:
The reporter told us what the rescuers used to harness the sea lion. (S+VT+ O=ncl)
Question 10 Essay 1.5 point(s)
Compose an affirmative command; include a reason.
Response:
Step away from the sea lion, ladies and gentlemen, because he might jump from the car and endanger you.
Response:
The sea lion is extremely heavy, so let's all carry him to the vehicle.
Question 11 Essay 1.5 point(s)
Compose a negative command; include a reason.
Response:
Don't get too close to the sea lion, or you may frighten him, and he may attack you.
Response:
Let's not approach the animal; otherwise, he will growl at us.
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