Okapis

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong: many times larger19% picked this

   The number of okapis is many times larger than zoologists had previously believed

   Once they affixed collars to okapi and were able to get some reliable information about their numbers, "it turns out that while okapis are not as rare as some zoologists suspected, their population is concentrated in an extremely limited chain". So, yes, their population size is bigger than zoologists had previously believed it to be, but saying "while not as rare as we thought, their population is concentrated in an extremely limited area" is not saying "it's many times bigger than we believed it to be".

   19%
2. B

   Too Strong: all1% picked this

   Radio-tracking collars have enabled scientists to finally answer all the questions

   Have you ever met a scientist who thought that all the questions had been answered, about anything? The last paragraph contradicts this answer, since it begins "other questions about okapi behavior arise".

   1%
3. C

   Correct76% picked this

   Okapis are captured infrequently because their habits and coloration make it difficult for hunters

   Why this is right

   This is gist-y synthesis that we can't locate to one specific supporting sentence, but it seems like a reasonable thing the author would believe. The 3rd paragraph begins, "One reason for their seeming scarcity is that their coloration allows them to camouflage themselves even at close range". And then it continues to tell us that okapis don't travel in groups (easier for a hunter to find groups), don't frequent open riverbanks (where they could be spotted), and instead keep to the forest interior. Hunters have a harder time accessing the forest interior, and within that environment, the okapis are super well camouflaged. This answer is still kind of frustrating because hunters may infrequently capture okapi by choice (perhaps there's no demand for okapi pelts or horns or wall trophies), but it's a very reasonable thought that "an incredibly camouflaged animal that sticks to the deep forest interior" would be infrequently captured for that reason.

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

   76%
4. D

   Contradicted1% picked this

   Okapis are concentrated in a limited geographic area because they prefer to eat one plant species to

   We were told in the 3rd paragraph "Okapis never eat one plant to the exclusion of others".

   1%
5. E

   Unsupported Causal Relationship2% picked this

   The number of okapis would steadily increase if okapis began to forage in the open border

   If the passage had told us that okapi numbers were reduced because they weren't taking advantage of foraging in this open border area, then this type of answer would be supportable. But the author, in the 4th paragraph, spitballs two good reasons why the okapi don't forage in that area: - they might get spotted and eaten by predators - they might get outcompeted by the bushbuck and bongo In other words, the author seems to think that there could be logical, ongoing habitat reasons why the okapi don't forage in the open border (whereas the author doesn't see any good reason why the okapi couldn't expand into nearby forest regions -- she thinks that is just a silly relic of evolutionary history).

   2%