Whooping Cranes in Danger

What kind of plane led the whooping cranes on their flight to Florida?

• ultralight plane

• ultraviolet plane

• helicopter

• jet

What kind of birds are discussed in this story?

• none of the above

• geese

• ducks

• parakeets

Whooping cranes are still endangered even though scientists are trying their best to save them.

• True

• False

While around the baby whoopers, scientists talked to them in regular human voices.

• False

• True

Which direction do birds migrate to during the winter months?

• East

• West

• North

• South

Scientists created a new flock of whooping cranes in which state?

• Wisconsin

• Florida

• Texas

• Kansas

In 1941, how many whooping cranes were left in the wild?

• 11

• 25

• 15

Based on text evidence, what is the one thing that the puppets could not teach the chicks how to do?

• How to eat

• how to fly

• how to get on with other cranes

• how to sleep

On good days, the cranes traveled 95 miles. How many miles did they travel on bad days?

• 10

• 15

• 20

• 25

When 11 eggs were getting ready to hatch in 2001, scientists dressed in white and pretended to be birds so that the babies wouldn't be alone.

• True

• False