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Related Benchmarks:
LA.8.6.2.2
Reporting Category: Information and Media Literacy
Type: MC: Multiple Choice
Difficulty: N/A
Question:
The sample item below is based on SchausSwallowtail.MigrationOfTheMonarchButterfly.pdf
Which statement is best supported by the information in this article?
Answer Options:
A. Monarch butterflies live in warmer climates, and they migrate along the same paths as
most birds.
B. Monarch butterflies are larger than most butterflies, which allows them to migrate
greater distances.
C. An individual monarch butterfly most likely has an inborn memory that directs its
migration pattern.
D. An individual monarch butterfly most likely retraces its own migration route from one
year to the next.
Answer Key:
C
Item Context:
Synthesize Information