Half Chicken Comprehension - Shanna Struble | Biblioteka

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What problem does the mother hen have at the beginning of the story?

Her chicks litter the ranch with their empty shells

Most of her chicks have too many feathers

All the animals are saying mean things about her chick

Her chicks run loose while she is still hatching her last egg

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All the ranch animals gather around the mother hen because _________

they want to help the chicks hatch

they want to see her strange half-check

they want to hear her grandmother's story

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What makes Half-Chicken become very vain?

He hears he is famous in Mexico City

He is the center of attention on the ranch

He knows he is smarter than the other chicks

He has a gift for telling which way the wind blows

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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

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Why does the stream ask Half-Chicken for help?

Fire is drying up the water.

Branches are blocking its way.

No one is stopping to swim and play

It needs to find the way to Mexico City

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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.

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Half-Chicken helps the wind by _________

fanning it with its wings

leading it to Mexico City

pointing the way it should go

untangling it from some bushes

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The guard in front of the palace laughs because __________

he thinks Half-Chicken's voice sounds funny

he thinks the joke that Half-Chicken tells is funny

he things the viceroy would like to meet a chicken

he thinks that Half-Chicken belongs in the kitchen

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What saves Half-Chicken from being cooked?

The viceroy asks to meet him.

Fire and water repay favors he did for them.

The ladies-in-waiting play a joke on the cook.

The cook feels sorry for him and turns off the fire

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What is the story mainly about?

What makes the wind blow

Why chickens never do favors

How weather vanes came to be

How chickens got their feathers