Review "Turkeys"

How would you characterize the author's mom?

• cold and distant
• angry and loud
• weak and impatient
• patient and good humored

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

One of the key points in "Turkeys' is that:

• the author's mother had a good sense of humer
• the ornithologist were very motivated to save the wild turkeys
• there were no vaccine for measels back in the 1950s
• human beings can hatch eggs

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

"Turkeys" is considered a narrative essay because:

• wild turkeys were on the verge of extinction.
• The ornithologist were scientist.
• The author tells about a memorable event in her life.
• The author uses dialogue in the essay.

Demise means:

• the end
• to preserve
• a surplus
• an increase

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Regarding the ornithologists' plan to hatch the wild turkey eggs, proves that they are

• clever
• smart
• unmotivated
• inconsiderate

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CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Which sentence best states the main idea/theme of the story?

• The mother helps raise the wild turkeys.
• The community helps protect the wild turkeys.
• The narrator unknowingly saves the wild turkeys.
• The ornithologist work hard to study the wild turkeys.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

In the beginning why are ornithologists around the author's home?

• They came to photograph a rare species of woodpeckers.
• They are concerned about the author's fever.
• They are studying the wild turkeys.
• They are camping out.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

In paragraph 15 the author says, "I was a sensible child". What does she mean?

• She liked having the ornithologists at her home.
• She liked having the baby turkeys follow her in the yard.
• She moved slowly because she had a fever.
• She reacted calmly to the presence of the baby turkeys next to her.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

How do the ornithologists know that the turkeys are 100 percent wild?

• They mated with domestic turkeys.
• They flew high and fast.
• They flew low and slow
• They didn't have the measles.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Why are the ornithologists studying the wild turkeys around the White's house?

• They are protecting the nest from predators.
• They are afraid they will attack the domestic turkeys.
• They want to stay away for the author because she has measles.
• They like camping in the woods.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1