The Girl Who Gets Gifts From Birds

Which sentence best explains why Gabi started receiving gifts from crows?

• She and her brother shared a packed lunch with them.

• She and her family started feeling the crows regularly.

• She accidentally dropped food once when she was little.

• She and her family started feeding the crows different seeds.

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Why has Gabi received "some icky objects"?

• The crows became angry with her for forgetting to feed them.

• The crows were letting her know the kind of food they like best.

• The crows were giving her the kind of presents they give to their mates.

• The crows thought they were helping by returning the family's garbage.

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Why does Gabi call the pearl colored heart her "most prized- possession"?

• She knows that it is unusual to see a crow with a pearl in its mouth

• She believes that it represents the love the crows feel for her.

• She likes to imagine a crow wearing a matching heart.

• She has always liked pearl jewelry

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It is an odd assortment of objects for a little girl to treasure, but to Gabi these things are more valuable than gold.

What does assortment mean?

• a very special container

• a collection with no value

• a group of different things

• a drawing that has many colors

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Gabi's mother LIsa didn't mind that crows consumed most of the school lunches she packed.

What is the meaning of consumed?

• ignored

• stole

• hid

• ate

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Gifts showed up sporadically-anything shiny and small enough to fit in a crow's mouth.

What does sporadically mean?

• occasionally

• very quickly

• as a surprise

• almost completely

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There wasn't a pattern. Gifts showed up sporadically-anything shiny and small enough to fit in a crow's mouth.

Which part of this text supports the meaning of sporadically?

• The crows would clear the feeder...

• leave shiny trinkets

• There wasn't a pattern

• small enough to fit in a crow's mouth.

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"You may take a few close looks," she says, "but don't touch". Which words best describe how Gabi feels about her gifts from the crows"

• selfish and mysterious

• protective and pleased

• nervous and annoyed

• interested and amused

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The story includes how the crows once returned a lost camera lens. Which central idea does that story most clearly illustrate?

• The family depends on the crows to return lost items.

• Lisa, Gabi's mom, is a professional photographer.

• The crows seem to care about Gabi's family.

• Crows are fascinated by human beings.

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Which sentence best supports the idea that the crows seem to care about Gabi's family?

• The crows would clear the feeder of peanuts, and leave shiny trinkets on the empty tray...

• "I'm sure that it was intentional", she smiles.

• The human learns their language and the crows learn their feeder's patterns

• Lisa, Gabi's mom, regularly photographs the crows and charts their behavior

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