Half Chicken Test

What does the word STREAM mean in this sentence.  Deer drank from the little stream that ran through the woods.

• lake
• wave
• creek
• puddle

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

What does the word BLAZED mean in this sentence?  A fire blazed in the fireplace.  

• burned hotly
• sputtered out
• turned to ashes
• poured out smoke

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

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 wings and feathers.
• All the animals are saying mean things about her chick.
• Her chicks run loose while she is still hatching her last egg.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.K.6

All the ranch animals gather around the mother hen because - 

• they want to help the chicks hatch
• they want to see her strange half-chick
• they want to see thirteen chicks at once
• they want to hear her grandmother's story

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.

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Why does the stream ask Half-Chicken for help?

• Fire is drying up its waters.
• Branches are blocking its way.
• No one is stopping to swim and play.
• It needs to find the way to Mexico City

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Half-Chicken helps the wind by - 

• fanning it with his wings
• leading it to Mexico City
• pointing the way it should go
• untangling it from some bushes

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

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 thinks that the viceroy would like to meet a chicken
• he thinks that half-chicken belongs in the kitchen

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.K.6