Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Comprehension 1
Comprehension 2
Comprehension 3
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Had no way to leave
What is stranded
100
It took the baby bunny a long while before it would _________ out, away from its mother
What is venture
100
The only time the puffins come ashore is when they ___________.
lay eggs and raise puffin chicks.
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The story takes place here.
Iceland
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Where is Heimaey Island located?
Off the coast of Iceland
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By nature
What is instinctively
200
When the little boy stepped off the curb, his mother _________ grabbed his arm.
What is instinctively
200
Why does the author call the puffins "clowns of the sea?"
Because it looks like they are wearing clown makeup
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When do the puffins return to the area where Halla lives?
In spring
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What type of genre is this story?
Nonfiction
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To travel at some risk
What is venture
300
When our car got a flat tire, we became ________ on the highway.
What is stranded
300
Why must grown-up puffins catch a lot of fish?
They are feeding themselves and the pufflings.
300
What reason does the author give for the nights of the pufflings?
The chicks make their first flight so they can spend the winter at sea.
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Where do baby puffins live?
In burrows on high cliffs.
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Not lived in by anyone
What is uninhabited
400
When I hold my friend's cat, it _________ its head under my arm.
What is nestles
400
How does Halla feel as she bids farewell to the pufflings?
Happy and looking forward to seeing the pufflings next year.
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What dangers threaten the pufflings if the children do not find them after they are stranded in the village?
Cats and dogs may harm them or they could get run over by cars and trucks.
400
Why do the pufflings try to hide?
They can't take off from flat ground and don't know what to do?
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Holes dug in the ground
What is burrows
500
My brother should live on an _________ island so he can play his music as loud as he wants, and no one else will hear it.
What is uninhabited
500
Why do hundreds of pufflings crash-land in the village?
They probably get confused by the village lights.
500
Describe briefly how the children of Heimaey set the pufflings free.
They catch the pufflings in a cardboard box, carry them to the beach the next day, and launch the birds into the air over the water.
500
How do you say puffling in Icelandic?
"Lundi pysja" --> (loon-dah / peesh-yar)
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