Question

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A:
Which phrase best describes the author’s purpose for including paragraph 4?
A
To emphasize how big the hearts of blue whales are
B
To compare the hearts of blue whales to those of other animals
C
To explain how little people know about the lives of blue whales
D
To express concern about the dwindling population of blue whales
Part B:

Which two sentences from paragraph 4 best support the answer to Part A?
The biggest heart in the world is inside the blue whale.
A child could walk around in it, head high, bending only to step through the valves.
The valves are as big as the swinging doors in a saloon.
There are perhaps ten thousand blue whales in the world, living in every ocean on earth, and of the largest mammal who ever lived we know nearly nothing.
But we know this: the animals with the largest hearts in the world generally travel in pairs, and their penetrating moaning cries, their piercing yearning tongue, can be heard underwater for miles and miles.

Answer 1

Part A: A

Part B:
"The biggest heart in the world is inside the blue whale."
"A child could walk around in it, head high, bending only to step through the valves."