Half-Chicken Review

All the ranch animals gather around the mother hen because

• they want to help the chicks hatch

• they want to see the strange half-chick

• they want to see thirteen chicks at once

• they want to hear her grandmother's story

The reader can tell that Half-Chicken decides to go to Mexico City so he can

• see the Great Plaza

• meet the palace cook

• become a weather vane

• show off how unique he is

Why doesn't Half-Chicken stay and warm up by the fire?

• He is afraid the fire will burn him

• He is in a hurry to get to Mexico City

• He knows the fire will soon go out again

• He doesn't feel cold because he has feathers

The guard in front of the palace laughs because

• he thinks Half-Chicken's voice sounds funny

• he thinks the joke Half-Chicken tells is funny

• he thinks the viceroy would like to meet the chicken

• he thinks Half-Chicken belongs in the kitchen

What is this story mainly about?

• what makes the wind blow

• why chickens never do favors

• how weather vanes came to be

• how chickens got their feathers