A Bird’s Free Lunch & The Reeds and the River

The following item has two parts.

Answer Part A and then answer Part B.

Part A. What is the central idea of the passage?

• How different birds eat.

• Learning about birds is boring.

• Birds can survive in extremely cold environments.

• Birds are curious about humans.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Part B. What sentence from the passage best supports the answer to part A?

• A. “He became quite tame, and one day alighted upon my arm as I stood leaning against the tree.” (p.2)

• B. “Imagine this solitary atom in feathers drifting about in the great Artic out of doors and managing to survive.” (p.3)

• C. “The woodpecker uses his head alone in pecking, but the jay’s action involves the whole body.” (p.4)

• D. “I sat at my desk and watched the birds eat their free lunch.” (p.1)

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

The author writes that he “feared” for the kinglet. Which detail from the passage best explains this perspective?

• A. “He was all alone.” (p.2)

• B. “I thought of him in the middle of the night, when the violence of the storm kept me from sleep.” (p.2)

• C. “I wonder where he roosted.” (p.2)

• D. “He liked the fare so well that he seemed disposed to stop till spring.” (p.2)

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CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

Read this sentence from paragraph 1.

"Then I sat at my desk and watched the birds eat their free lunch."

How does the phrase “free lunch” add meaning to the passage?

• It shows that the birds had to hunt for their food.

• It shows that the birds did not have anything to eat.

• It shows the birds did not have to work to get the food.

• It shows the birds had to fight over the food.

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which sentence from the passage reveals the narrator’s perspective in this text?

• A. “She was drawn to the reed marsh, but it filled her with a mysterious terror.” (p.5)

• B. “She recognized the smell from the zongzi, the parcels of sticky rice wrapped in reed leaves she had eaten in the city.” (p.3)

• C. “It seemed to sense something and hovered above the water, low and calm, not far from the little boat.” (p.8)

• D. “The boat drifted on the water; the bird flew in the sky. Between heaven and earth all was peaceful and quiet.” (p.9)

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Read this sentence from paragraph 5. "A sudden gust of wind turned the reed marsh into a battlefield. The long swords slashed the air." How does the metaphor in this sentence from paragraph 5 add meaning to the passage?

• It helps us to understand how frightened Sunflower was.

• It helps us understand that there were reed leaves fallen all over the marsh.

• It helps us understand how the reed leaves swayed gently in the wind.

• It helps us to understand how the strong wind whipped the reed leaves.

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6