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 keep them still while he drew sketches of them

• to see where they went during the winter

• to see if the same ones returned in the spring

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 the birds transformed from one kind into another each winter.

What span of time does the selection cover?

• a lifetime

• one season

• one year

• 2,000 years

What did John James's experiment help to prove?

• that many birds return to the same area each year

• that birds do not return to the same area each year

• that only the offspring of birds return to the same area each year

• that only the offspring of birds do not return to the same area each year

According to page 143, which one of these is true?

• John James thought that birds traveled to the moon each fall.

• John James believed that the same birds returned to the same nest each spring.

• John James believed that small birds gathered underwater during the winter.

• John James thought that birds transformed from one kind into another each winter.

Which of the following is NOT a reason that his father sent John James to America:

• to learn English

• to learn commerce

• to learn how to make money in America

• to teach French to the people of Pennsylvania

What event happened first in the story?

• In the fall, he formed a plan to band the birds by tying silver thread to their legs. The birds were gone a week later.

• He decided to write his father and find a way to tell the world.

• John studied the birds and learned their behavior.

• After winter, John James found two birds with the silver string.

What event happened second in the story?

• In the fall, he formed a plan to band the birds by tying silver thread to their legs. The birds were gone a week later.

• He decided to write his father and find a way to tell the world.

• John studied the birds and learned their behavior.

• After winter, John James found two birds with the silver string.

What event happened third in the story?

• In the fall, he formed a plan to band the birds by tying silver thread to their legs. The birds were gone a week later.

• He decided to write his father and find a way to tell the world.

• John studied the birds and learned their behavior.

• After winter, John James found two birds with the silver string.