WorksheetsThe Mystery of Monarchs
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
Where did Fred Urquhart grow up?
Toronto, Canada
Chihuahua, Mexico
Dallas, Texas
Green Bay, Wisconsin
What did young Fred have difficulty passing on his way to school?
The local candy store
The town museum
A group of bullies
A buzzing marsh
How would the genre best be described?
Realistic Fiction
Fantasy
Autobiography
Nonfiction
What book is lying on the table while Fred reads an article about migrating butterflies?
Astrology
Entomology
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Migration Routes
What was the professor's response to Fred's question: "Where do the monarchs go?"
They hibernate in logs
They fly off and die
Mexico, they assume
No one knew
How does Fred decide to track the monarchs' whereabouts?
Follow them on his bike
Mark their wings
Travel the world
GPS tracking
What point of view does Barb Rosenstock use?
Third Person Omniscient
Second Person
First Person
Third Person Limited
During which season did the mysterious monarchs disappear?
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
What state did Fred and Norah search through right before heading into Mexico?
Florida
Texas
Toronto
Wisconsin
What was used to plot the line of where a monarch was tagged to the spot it was recovered?
Dotted lines
Painter's tape
Red string
Electric tape
What was the name of the group that the Urquharts created, calling their members "Research Associates"?
Insect Migration Association
Bugs Unlimited
Etymology Association
Monarch Migration Association
What is the field of bug science called?
Entomology
Monarchology
Urquology
Etymology
At what elevation did Ken and Catalina finally find the hiding place of millions of monarchs?
Exactly at sea-level
50,000 feet
10,000 feet
Below sea-level
What did Fred Urquhart gather for years, beginning as a child?
Flora and fauna
Science equipment
Biology books
Insect specimens
Which correctly lists the monarch's life cycle?
Egg, larva, pupa, adult
Pupa, larva, egg, adult
Adult, pupa, larva, egg
Larva, egg, pupa, adult
What was the response from other entomologists when asked to help track the monarchs?
Not one responded
They spread the news world-wide
Only five responded
They were all eager to begin
What evidence did Fred and Norah receive in the mail?
Microchips
Tagged wings
Pictures of monarchs
Letters describing sightings
In what year did Fred and Norah finally get to see where the monarchs go?
2022
1930
1967
1975
What read: SEND TO ZOOLOGY UNIVERSITY TORONTO CANADA?
Toronto Newspaper article
Fred's first book
Billboards throughout North America
Wing tags
Of all the public groups that helped, who helped the. most?
Doctors
Kids and teachers
Other scientists
Farmers and ranchers
What did Fred and Norah do when they heard that millions of monarchs were found in Mexico?
They called the newspapers
They kept it secret
They only told "Research Associates"
They rejoiced and told everyone
How does Fred first attempt to mark the butterflies?
Stamp numbers on the wings
Spray them with oil paint
All of these
Make patterns of dots on them
Who was able to develop a lighter, numbered, waterproof tag to fold over the monarchs' front right wings?
University of Toronto Physicists
Norah
Fred and Norah
Fred
As the years progressed, where did all the lines seem to be pointing?
Farther south
West to east
Farther north
East to west
What continent is shown on the map that Fred and Norah plotted liens to show migration routes?
South America
Asia
Africa
North America
Who was Fred fortunate to marry?
Barb Rosenstock
Norah Patterson
Taylor Swift
Erika Meza
Who finally was told by local people of Mexico that the monarchs arrived in late fall and left in early springtime?
Catalina and Ken
You and your teacher
Barb and Erika
Fred and Norah
Who read an article written by a famous professor about migrating butterflies, sparking their interest?
Barb Rosenstock
Erika Meza
Fred Urquhart
Norah Patterson
What were the monarchs clinging to a 10,000 feet in the cool forest on Cerro Pelon?
Old rotten logs, as they had suspected
The bark of oyamel firs
To the side of sun-bathed cliffs
Deep inside on cave walls
What did Fred know the monarchs needed to survive?
Cloud cover
All of these
English ivy
Milkweed plant
Who wrote about their tracking of monarchs in a magazine, asking the public to tag monarchs?
A Toronto University professor
Fred
Norah and Fred's son
Norah
Why did Fred and Norah keep the hiding place of the monarchs a secret?
To be sure tagged Monarchs were there
To protect the area
So they could buy it first
To be the first humans to see it
Who drove their motorcycle down dirt roads for two years, asking farmers and families if they'd seen monarchs?
Barb and Erika
Fred and Norah
You and your teacher
Catalina and Ken
Why was Fred fortunate to meet and marry Norah Patterson?
They became research partners
She loved monarchs, too!
She worked at the university
She developed a waterproof tag
Which is the correct translation of "Where do the monarchs go?"
Que tal, mi amigo?
A donde van las monarcas?
Donde esta el bano?
Como se llama monarcas en Inglés?
Which of the following did a fascinated Fred study from a young age?
Biology
Migrating butterflies
Natural history
All of these
What was Fred Urquhart captivated by the age of eight?
Butterflies
Science
Reading
Bugs
Which best describes the narrative conflict?
Character vs. Self
Character vs. Government
Character vs. Nature
Character vs. Character
Which best describes the general setting?
Europe
North America
South America
Asia
Who was unable to ignore the buzzard marsh in his Toronto neighborhood any more than a butterfly could ignore a sweet flower?
Fred Urquhart
Norah Patterson
Erika Meza
Barb Rosenstock
How long did Fred tag butterflies without getting many back at all?
Two seasons
47 years
Ten years
Three years
