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BODF Summary

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an allegory?

a)

A story that uses animals

b)

A story with a hidden meaning

c)

A story with a sad ending

2.

How do the parent's react when Straight Beak is hatched?

a)

They are thrilled

b)

They are upset

c)

They are shocked, but accepting

3.

How many brothers does Straight Beak have?

a)

Two

b)

Three

c)

Four

4.

What is not a symbol seen in Bird fo a Different Feather?

a)

Types of feathers

b)

Singing

c)

The valley

5.

What type of school does Straight Beak's school represent?

a)

A Deaf school

b)

A Mainstreamed school

c)

An Oral school

d)

A College

6.

Straight Beak's degree shows a specialization in hunting. Is he a skilled hunter?

a)

Yes

b)

No

7.

Straight Beak can spot prey, but lacks the strength to carry it away.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Where did Straight Beak meet the signing birds?

a)

At school

b)

On the mountain

c)

In the valley

9.

In BODF the Eagles are symbolic of what community?

a)

The Bird world

b)

The Deaf community

c)

The Hearing community

d)

All elevated species

10.

In BODF what do the song birds symbolize?

a)

Inferior species

b)

The Deaf community

c)

The hearing community

d)

Musicians

11.

Straight Beak's parents are proud of his signing abilities.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Straight Beak is accepted as a valued member of the Eagle community.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What is this sign?

a)

Scorpion

b)

Bird

c)

Rooster

d)

Eagle

14.

What is a motif?

a)

A recurring theme

b)

A recurring sound

c)

A recurring feeling

15.

What is not a motif seen in BODF?

a)

Acceptance

b)

Struggle

c)

Caretaking

d)

Lack of acceptance

16.

Straight Beak's beak surgery is symbolic of what type of surgery?

a)

Cochlear implant surgery

b)

Plastic surgery

c)

Cataract surgery

17.

At the end of the story what does Straight Beak do?

a)

He lives comfortably in bird world

b)

He lives uncomfortably in the eagle world

c)

The lives comfortably in both the eagle and bird worlds

d)

He flies off to find his own path.

18.

Which are motifs seen in BODF? (choose all that apply)

a)

Prejudice

b)

Lack of acceptance

c)

Berries are good

19.

Cochlear implants cure deafness.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The eagles feel they are superior, what form of prejudice feels that speaking is superior to signing?

a)

Ableism

b)

Manualism

c)

Audism

21.

Straight Beak underwent four surgeries and therapy to fix his beak.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Deaf chidren are rarely born to hearing parents.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

What is the meaning of the allegory "Bird of a Different Feather?"

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24.

What lessons can you learn from the allegory?

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25.

What effect can it have on a child if the parents act like Straight Beak's parents?

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