Half Chicken Reading Comprehension

How can readers tell that "Half-Chicken" is a folktale?

• It has maps and charts to teach about a subject.
• It is an old story that has been told many times.
• It has headings and words printed in a box..
• It tells about a real person from the past. 

Which idea does this story explain?

• why roosters crow
• why chickens sit on eggs
• why chickens have feathers
• why weather vanes look like roosters

Half-Chicken is special MAINLY because of

• the way he looks.
• the way he sounds.
• the things he does. 
• the things he says.

What happened JUST AFTER Half-Chicken gets to the palace?

• Half-Chicken finds a blocked stream.
• One of the guards laughs at Half-Chicken.
• Half-Chicken finds the wind tangled in bushes.
• The fire asks Half-Chicken to stay a while.

 Why do fire, water, and wind help Half-Chicken escape from the cook?

• because the cook is their enemy
• because the guards order them to help
• beause Half-Chicken once helped them
• because they feel sorry for Half-Chicken

How can Half-Chicken BEST be described?

• silent
• greedy
• helpful
• complaining

Which lesson can be learned from this story?

• Help others, and they will help you.
• Do not be afraid to say, "I'm sorry."
• Always share if you have plenty. 
• Never tell a secret to a friend.

How are the stream, the fire, and the wind ALIKE?

• All are blocked with branches.
• All are tangled in the bushes.
• All need to be fanned.
• All ask to be helped.

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 to 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

All the ranch animlas gather around the mother hen because-

• they want to help the chicks hatch

• they want to see her strange half-chick

• they want to see thirteen chicks at once

• they want to hear her grandmother's story