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WorksheetsHalf chicken 2
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
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 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 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
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 cook.
The cook feels sorry for him and turns off the fire.
What is this story MAINLY about?
what makes the wind blow
why chickens never do favors
how weather vanes came to be
how chickens got their feathers
What is a story that is often told by people of a country?
folktale
informational text
fiction
poetry
How is the thirteenth chick different from the other chicks?
It has only one wing, one leg, one eye, and half of his feathers.
It has only one wing and two heads.
It has only one wing and one leg.
All the other animals want to see half-chicken so
he is lonely
he is vain
he is sad
Where is the viceroy located?
on the ranch
at the stream
at the palace
What is the meaning of the word TUMBLING ?
falling and rolling suddenly.
threw hard.
not full.
What is the meaning of the word EMPTY?
falling and rolling suddenly.
threw hard.
not full.
What is the meaning of the word "flung"?
falling and rolling suddenly.
threw hard.
not full.
What is the meaning of the word "BLAZED"?
burned or shined brightly
threw hard.
not full.
What is the meaning of the word "STREAM"?
burned or shined brightly
flowing water, like a small river.
not full.
What is the meaning of the word "SWIFT"?
burned or shined brightly
flowing water, like a small river.
fast.
What is the meaning of the word "PEACEFULLY"?
calmly, not fighting.
flowing water, like a small river.
fast.
What is the meaning of the word "TANGLED?
calmly, not fighting.
twisted and mixed up.
fast.
