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Sometimes, gorillas get sick.Doctors give gorillas medicine.Find the doctor with the gorilla.

Mountain gorillas live in Africa.Find the map of Africa.

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Let’s see what you remember!

Hunters kill gorillas.Doctors help gorillas.Find the doctor with the baby gorilla.

Doctors work hard to save mountain gorillas.Find the mountain gorilla.

Mountain gorillas live in Africa.A map shows where they live.Find the map.

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mou

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wor

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are

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any

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ther

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son

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Name ________________________________________ Date ________________

The article was about mountain gorillas. We learned that mountain gorillas are in danger. Doctors work hard to help them. What did you learn from reading the article? Look at the list below. Decide if the information was in the words, in a picture, or both.

Words PictureWords

and Picture

Mountain gorillas live in Africa.

There are about 1000 mountain gorillas left in the world.

Doctors help gorillas.

Hunters trap and kill gorillas.