Review "Turkeys"

How would you characterize the author's mom?

• cold and distant
• angry and loud
• weak and impatient
• patient and good humored

One of the key points in "Turkeys' is that:

• the author's mother had a good sense of humer
• the ornithologist were very motivated to save the wild turkeys
• there were no vaccine for measels back in the 1950s
• human beings can hatch eggs

"Turkeys" is considered a narrative essay because:

• wild turkeys were on the verge of extinction.
• The ornithologist were scientist.
• The author tells about a memorable event in her life.
• The author uses dialogue in the essay.

Demise means:

• the end
• to preserve
• a surplus
• an increase

Regarding the ornithologists' plan to hatch the wild turkey eggs, proves that they are

• clever
• smart
• unmotivated
• inconsiderate

Which sentence best states the main idea/theme of the story?

• The mother helps raise the wild turkeys.
• The community helps protect the wild turkeys.
• The narrator unknowingly saves the wild turkeys.
• The ornithologist work hard to study the wild turkeys.

In the beginning why are ornithologists around the author's home?

• They came to photograph a rare species of woodpeckers.
• They are concerned about the author's fever.
• They are studying the wild turkeys.
• They are camping out.

In paragraph 15 the author says, "I was a sensible child". What does she mean?

• She liked having the ornithologists at her home.
• She liked having the baby turkeys follow her in the yard.
• She moved slowly because she had a fever.
• She reacted calmly to the presence of the baby turkeys next to her.

How do the ornithologists know that the turkeys are 100 percent wild?

• They mated with domestic turkeys.
• They flew high and fast.
• They flew low and slow
• They didn't have the measles.

Why are the ornithologists studying the wild turkeys around the White's house?

• They are protecting the nest from predators.
• They are afraid they will attack the domestic turkeys.
• They want to stay away for the author because she has measles.
• They like camping in the woods.