The Secret Message

What does the word attracted mean?

• offered advice to
• forced liquid or gas into
• cured somebody from
• drew the attention of

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RI.4.4

Which word has almost the SAME meaning as dazzling?

• charming
• encouraging
• smiling
• stunning

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CCSS.L.4.5C

What does the word requested mean?

• identified
• stopped
• asked
• enlisted

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CCSS.L.4.4A

Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of the word trudged?

• glided
• rushed
• judged
• tricked

At the beginning of the story, why would the merchant not let the parrot go?

• he attracted customers to his shop
• he could play dead
• he was worth a lot of money
• he was entertaining

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

What did the parrot want the merchant to tell the parrots he saw in the forest?

• about his cage
•  about all the customers
• about his bright feathers
• about his kind owner

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

What happened when the merchant told the parrots in the forest about his parrot's cage?

• they died
• they fell off the branches onto their backs with their feet in the air
• they fell off the branches and flew away
• they flew off the branches and sang a beautiful song for him

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

Why did the merchant's parrot fall off his swing with his feet pointing up when the merchant told him what happened in the forest?

• he was entertaining the customers
• he was doing what the parrots were telling him to do
• he was sick
• he died

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CCSS.RL.4.1

What is the THEME the author want to give the reader?

• parrots are intelligent birds

• animals belong with one another

• freedom is more important than any wealth

• animals should be protected

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

The merchant went to India to buy more goods for his shop.

• true

• false

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2