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WorksheetsBoy and Egg and Chimpanzee
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 3600secs
. Read these lines from the poem.
Every few minutes, he wants to march the trail of flattened rye grass back to the house of the muttering hens.
The poet uses figurative language in these lines to describe –
what kind of grass grows near the hen house
the boy’s love of hens
the sound the hens make
the length of the trail
What can the reader infer about the “other children” mentioned in line 7?
They are older than the boy.
They don’t want the boy to play with them.
They often laugh at the boy.
They don’t care about the chickens.
The poet organizes the poem in order to show that the boy –
doesn’t understand that eggs come from hens
is more interested in the hens and their eggs more than in the other children
wants to make his own hay bed and sleep in the hen house
doesn’t want the egg to go in the refrigerator and lose its warmth
Read this sentence from the selection.
With loud, pleased clucks, the chicken shook her feathers, moved the egg with her beak, then proudly strutted her way out of the henhouse.
The author uses figurative language in this sentence in order to –
describe the motions a chicken might make while laying eggs
emphasize that this is the first egg this chicken has ever laid
show that a chicken will abandon the eggs as soon as they’re laid
suggest that a hen is happy about the egg she has laid
From the description of the narrator’s argument with her aunt in paragraph 8, the reader can conclude that –
the narrator gets really upset when she doesn’t get her way
the narrator considers it important to share her knowledge
the narrator is more interested in mammals than in fish
the narrator thinks children today are smarter than adults used to be
What is the main purpose of paragraphs 9 through 12?
To introduce “the Father of Ethology” and describe his contributions to the study of animal behavior
To describe how greylag geese mate for life and return to their mothers if their mates die
To explain how Lorenz discovered that ducks would follow any animal that quacks
To show why many geese thought of Konrad Lorenz as their mother
Which line or phrase from the poem best summarizes the first two paragraphs of “My Life with the Chimpanzees”?
He too could make a bed in hay.
he pressed it to his ear
riveted to the secret of birds
the egg so fresh it felt hot
One difference between “Boy and Egg” and “My Life with Chimpanzees” is that “My Life with the Chimpanzees” focuses on –
the narrator’s experience in the henhouse, while “Boy and Egg” focuses on the boy’s fascination with the hens
famous ethologists, while “Boy and Egg” focuses on a boy who has no friends to play with
the narrator’s desire to study chickens, while “Boy and Egg focuses on the boy’s desire to make a bed in the henhouse
the study of animal behavior, while “Boy and Egg” focuses on the boy’s behavior
The boy in the poem and the narrator of “My Life with Chimpanzees are both—
thinking about what they want to be when they grow up
patient enough to sit still for a long time
fascinated by eggs and where they come from
eager to share their discoveries with other children
In what way do the narrator of “My Life with Chimpanzees” and the boy in “Boy and Egg” differ?
The narrator enjoys talking to adults about animals, while the boy is too young to communicate successfully with people.
GThe narrator is motivated by her experience to learn more about animals, while the boy simply delights in holding an egg.
The narrator likes to share her knowledge about animals with other children, while the boy prefers to keep his egg a secret.
J. The narrator understands that eggs come from chickens, while the boy doesn’t know where eggs come from.
The poem is about a boy’s fascination with an element of the natural world, while Goodall’s narrative is mainly about –
the mating rituals of geese
the reason for the narrator’s interest in hens
Konrad Lorenz’s studies of animal life
the experiences that led the narrator to become an ethologist
Information in both “My Life with the Chimpanzees” and “Boy and Egg” suggests that—
girls are more interested in where eggs come from than boys are
hens often have houses in which they lay their eggs
eggs are a mystery that cannot be explained
hens and people have a lot in common
