Parrots over Puerto Rico

_______ is the act of flying through the air.

• flight

• toil

• merchant

• captivity

To _________ is to work.

• jabbing

• toil

• aggressive

• fort

A _________ ship carries products to sell, usually to a foreign country.

• fort

• toil

• merchant

• aggressive

If something is kept in _________, it is held in a place and cannot get out.

• merchant

• jabbing

• fort

• captivity

If you are ________ something, you are poking it quickly with a great deal of power.

• fort

• jabbing

• flight

• captivity

A ______ is a strong building usually protected by guards and a wall.

• merchant

• flight

• fort

• toil

If someone is _________, he or she is often angry and ready to attack.

• flight

• jabbing

• fort

• aggressive

The passage explains that people have hunted parrots and destroyed their nests. Which point made in the passage do these details support?

• Parrots lived in Puerto Rico long before people did.

• Both people and parrots have thrived in warm climates.

• People have caused many problems for Puerto Rican parrots.

• Both parrots and people have harmed the world around them.

According to the passage, how have hurricanes affected Puerto Rican parrots?

• They have caused the birds to flee the rain forest.

• They have blown down the trees where the birds lived.

• They have left the birds with few small animals to prey on.

• They have flooded the areas where the birds searched for food.

What is the main purpose of the Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Program?

• to protect and save Puerto Rican parrots

• to teach people about Puerto Rican parrots

• to keep as many parrots as possible in aviaries

• to show young parrots how the older ones behave