Half Chicken Comprehension Questions

What problem does the mother hen have at the beginning of the story?

• Her chicks litter the ranch with their empty shells.

• Most of her chicks have too many wings and feathers.

• All the animals are saying mean things about her chick.

• Her chicks run loose while she is still hatching her last egg.

Why do all the ranch animals gather around the mother hen?

• to help the chicks hatch

• to see her strange half-chick

• to see thirteen chicks at once

• to hear her grandmother's story

What makes Half-Chicken become very vain?

• He hears he is famous in Mexico City

• He is the center of attention on the ranch

• He knows he is smarter than the other chicks

• He has a gift for telling which way the wind blows

Why does Half-Chicken think he should go to Mexico City?

• to see the Great Plaza

• to meet the palace cook

• to become a weather vane

• to show off how unique he is

Why does the stream ask Half-Chicken for help?

• Fire is drying up its waters.

• Branches are blocking its way.

• No one is stopping to swim and play.

• It needs to find the way to Mexico City.

Why doesn't Half-Chicken stay and warm up by the fire?

• He is afraid the fire will burn him.

• He is in a hurry to get to Mexico City.

• He knows the fire will soon go out again.

• He doesn't feel cold because he has feathers.

What does Half-Chicken do to help the wind?

• fan it with his wings

• lead it to Mexico City

• point the way it should go

• untangle it from some bushes

Why does the palace guard laugh?

• He thinks Half-Chicken's voice sounds funny.

• He thinks the joke that Half-Chick tells is funny.

• He thinks the viceroy would like to meet a chicken.

• He thinks Half-Chicken belongs in the kitchen.

What saves Half-Chicken from being cooked?

• The viceroy asks to meet him.

• Fire and water repay favors he did for them.

• The ladies-in-waiting play a joke on the cooke.

• The cook feels sorry for him and turns off the fire.

What is the story MAINLY about?

• what makes the wind blow

• why chickens never do favors

• how weather vanes come to be

• how chickens got their feathers