Okapis

Answer choices

1. A

   Opposite Wrong Paragraph2% picked this

   pose a question about okapi

   If anything, the 3rd paragraph is answering a question about okapi: Why do they seem so scarce? Since the 1st, 2nd, and 4th paragraphs all involve posing questions about okapi, this answer seems to be of the classic variety where they tell us the function of a different paragraph.

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2. B

   Opposite1% picked this

   rebut a theory about okapi

   The only theory brought up in the passage occurs in the 2nd paragraph and says that, "others theorized that the okapi's habits simply kept them out of sight". Information in the 3rd paragraph would support this. We learn that part of the okapi's habits is to stick to eating leaves on the interior of the forest, which explains why there aren't many okapi sightings.

   1%
3. C

   Wrong Paragraph1% picked this

   counter the assertion that okapis are

   The final sentence of the 2nd paragraph is countering the beliefs of some zoologists, saying that, "Now that we have been tracking okapis, we can say that they are not as rare as some believed, but their population is still concentrated in an extremely limited area." In the 3rd paragraph, the author is explaining why we developed the somewhat-false impression that okapis are rare.

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4. D

   Correct96% picked this

   explain why okapis appeared to be

   Why this is right

   This maps incredibly well to the opening two sentence of the 3rd paragraph: One reason for [the okapi's] seeming scarcity is X. Another [reason] is Y. This answer doesn't reference all the stuff we learned about the okapi's diet, but that stuff was in service of explaining why okapi don't travel in groups and why we don't see them at open riverbanks or on the exterior of a forest. And those factors were part of explaining why okapi seem scarce.

   Skill tested: Paragraph Purpose · how this choice captures the passage's function is the move to repeat next time.

   96%
5. E

   Out of Scope: support they're rare1% picked this

   support the belief that okapis are

   The final sentence of the 2nd paragraph is countering the beliefs of some zoologists, saying that, "Now that we have been tracking okapis, we can say that they are not as rare as some believed, but their population is still concentrated in an extremely limited area." So does the author think they're rare or not? The author isn't using absolute language like that. She's saying that the data we've now seen tells us that okapi aren't as rare as many people thought, but they're still fairly rare (or at least if they're numerous they're all crammed into the same small area). The author does more to push back against the idea of rarity, though, than to support it. And since the 3rd paragraph is talking about why the okapi seemed scarce, that implies that "although they seemed scarce/rare, they really aren't".

   1%