The Boy Who Drew Birds

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

• falcons

• kingfishers

• pewees

• redwings

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 see if the same ones returned in the spring

• to keep them still while he drew sketches of them

What span of time does the selection cover?

• a lifetime

• one season

• 2,000 years

• about a year

What does the word transformed mean?

• changed

• enlarged

• extracted

• transferred

What does the word behaviors mean?

• important actions

• ways of acting

• fits of bad temper

• ways of adapting

Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of the word energetic?

• bossy

• intelligent

• sluggish

• unrelenting

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 that birds transformed from one kind into another each winter.

What does the word disappearance mean?

• to hide

• to be found

• to suddenly appear

• the act of disappearing

Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of the word migrate?

• arrive

• flow

• outline

• stay

Read the dictionary entry below.

Noun: A sudden movement of many things at once

Verb: a brief, light snowfall

Which of the following words is defined above?

• disappearance

• flurry

• observation

• theory