Night of the Pufflings

Vocabulary: It took the baby bunny a long time before it would __________ out, away from its mother

• venture

• nestles

• burrows

• stranded

Vocabulary: When the little boy stepped off the curb, his mother _____________ grabbed his arm.

• burrows

• uninhabited

• instinctively

• insignificant

Vocabulary: The animals dug cozy underground ______________ to raise their young in.

• stranded

• nestles

• burrows

• venture

Vocabulary: My brother is so annoying, he should live on an ____________________ island by himself.

• instinctively

• uninhabited

• stranded

• unyielding

Vocabulary: When our car got a flat tire, we became __________ on the highway.

• venture

• stranded

• nestles

• twined

Vocabulary: When I hold my friend's cat, it ___________ its head under my arm.

• uninhabited

• venture

• instinctively

• nestles

The only time the puffins come ashore is when they __________.

• lay eggs and raise puffin chicks

• are sick and hurt

• return from sea to live on land as adults

• can't find food in the sea

The author calls puffins "clowns of the sea" because the puffins __________________.

• hide their babies from people

• are great at juggling

• look like they are wearing clown makeup

• work in a circus

Where do baby puffins live?

• in pools of shallow water

• in sand dunes

• in burrows on high cliffs

• in tall grass on the beach

Why must puffins catch lots of fish?

• The pufflings eat 10 times a day.

• The pufflings only like certain kinds of fish.

• The season for catching fish is a short one.

• They haven't eaten all winter.