The Boy Who Drew Birds Questions - Rhonda Pawlik | Laabri

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Read in Wonders textbook pages 144-155 or listen to the story in McGraw Hill App

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In the story, what kind of birds did John James Audubon study?

falcons

pewees

kingfishers

redwings

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10

Why did John James tie bands around the birds?

to test the strength of their legs

to see where they went during the winter

to keep them still while he drew sketches of them

to see if the same ones returned in the spring.

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10

What text evidence shows how John James's ideas differed from that of scientists?

He thought that birds traveled to the moon each fall.

He did not believe that birds returned to the same nest each spring.

He did not believe that small birds gathered underwater during the winter.

He thought the birds transformed from one kind into another each winter.

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10

What did John James's experiment help to prove?

that many birds return to the same area each year.

that only the offspring of birds return to the same area each year.

that birds do not return to the same area each year.

that only the offspring of birds do not return to the same area each year.

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10

According to page 148-149, which one of these is true?

John James though that birds traveled to the moon each fall.

John James believed that small birds gathered underwater during the winter.

John James thought that birds transformed from one kind into another each winter.

John James believed that the same birds returned to the same nest each spring.

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20

Which of the following are reasons that his father sent John James to America. Choose 4

to learn English

to teach French to the people of Pennsylvania

to learn how to make money in America

to become an artist

to learn commerce

so John James would not have to fight in Napoleon's war.

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10

Put the events in order.

After winter, John James found two birds with the silver string.
In the fall, he formed a plan to band the birds by tying silver thread to their legs. The birds were gone a week later.
He decided to write his father and find a way to tell the world.
John studied the birds and learned their behavior.

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20

Match the vocabulary words to the definitions.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
transformed (p. 149)		The act or fact of vanishing or going out of sight.
behaviors (p. 150)		a sudden movement of many things at once.
migrate (p. 149)		full of strength, eagerness or energy
disappearance (p. 145)		to move from one place to another
flurry (p. 146)		changed in shape, form or appearance
energetic (p. 148)		ways of behaving or acting