--- title: Raccoons, opossums and skunks — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Biology description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 224 «Raccoons, opossums and skunks» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / Raccoons, opossums and skunks # Raccoons, opossums and skunks The 15 questions of lesson 224 «Raccoons, opossums and skunks» of the biology course of Mova's primary school with their options, 80 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/t1/) — «raccoons got into the green bin AGAIN, rubbish everywhere, how do they even open it» — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/t2/) — In an ice age cartoon two opossum brothers hang upside down by their tails all day. What is true? — right ✓ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/t3/) — «possum on the road, not moving, it's dead innit» What could really be going on? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/t4/) — Count them: a mother opossum carries 7 babies on her back. How many tails are there altogether? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/t5/) — In an old cartoon a skunk walks around and nobody notices the smell until he is close. What is true about real skunks? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/t6/) — «there's a possum in our roof in Melbourne, same as the American ones?» — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/t7/) — What would most likely happen if a dog chased a skunk that had already stamped and raised its tail? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/t8/) — A raccoon sits by a stream rubbing a crayfish, a little river animal like a tiny lobster, in the water. «aww it's washing its dinner» What is right? — right ✓ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/t9/) — «saw a raccoon in a German forest, did it escape from a zoo or what» — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/t10/) — Count them: a raccoon has 5 fingers on each front paw. How many fingers on 2 raccoons' front paws? — right ✓ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/t11/) — What would happen to an opossum's babies if they could not fit in the pouch any more? — right ✓ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/e1/) — Identify the principal purpose of the behaviour in which a raccoon immerses its food in water. — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the behaviour termed playing possum? — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the dentition of the Virginia opossum. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/e4/) — Ascertain the relationship between the brushtail possum of Australia and the opossum of the Americas. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [223. Gulls: chip thieves, rain dances and salty water](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water/) - next →: [225. Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibil…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility/) - ↑ back to [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/)