Module 5 Week 3

The passage explains that people have hunted parrots and destroyed their nests. Which point made in the passage do these details support?

• Parrots lived in Puerto Rico long before people did.

• Both people and parrots have thrived in warm climates.

• People have caused many problems for Puerto Rican parrots.

• Both parrots and people have harmed the world around them.

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

According to the passage, how have hurricanes affected Puerto Rican parrots?

• They have caused the birds to flee the rain forest.

• They have blown down the trees where the birds lived.

• They have left the birds with few small animals to prey on.

• They have flooded the areas where the birds searched for food.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

What is the main purpose of the Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Program?

• to protect and save Puerto Rican parrots

• to teach people about Puerto Rican parrots

• to keep as many parrots as possible in aviaries

• to show young parrots how the older ones behave

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

The passage says that scientists used discarded feathers to rebuild a parrot’s wings that had been damaged. What does discarded mean?

• made by artists from the area

• valued highly because they are rare

• handled carefully in order to avoid breaking

• set aside because they were no longer wanted

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Which two main ideas does the passage mostly explore?

• the history of Puerto Rico and Puerto Rican parrots

• the history of El Yunque and the parrots that live there

• the Taíno people and their effects on Puerto Rican parrots

• the attempts to capture San Juan and the parrots that live there

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What genre type is the story of Parrots Over Puerto Rico?

• Fantasy

• Informational

• Science Fiction

• Fiction

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

How did the Hispaniolan parrots help the Puerto Rican parrots

• helped to raise the chicks

• Protected the chicks by eating the Black Rats

• would transport chicks to the Luqillo Aviary

• assisted the Puerto Rican parrot by gene manipulation

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Many Africans were brought to the island to toil as slaves under the hot sun in fields of sugarcane and other crops. The word toil means what

• to observe

• to work

• to evaluate

• to determine

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Which country ruled Puerto Rico until the United States took it over

• France

• Spain

• England

• Portugal

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

The people who came from Spain and married Tainos and Africans called themselves what?

• Spaniards

• Boricuas

• Heterogenous

• Homosapians