Comprehension
Comprehension
Vocabulary
General Reading Questions
Phonics
100
What problem does the mother hen have at the beginning of the story?
Her chicks run loose while she is still hatching her last egg.
100
Why do all the ranch animals gather around the mother hen?
To see her strange half-chick
100

A synonym for compassion is

a. conflict

b. empathy

c. community

b. empathy

100

What is the lesson or message of the story called?

a. conflict

b. setting

c. theme


c. theme

100
Which word has the same BEGINNING sound as knock? (cake, duck, keep, need)
need
200
What makes Half-Chicken become very vain?
He is the center of attention on the ranch.
200
Why does Half-Chicken think he should go to Mexico City?
To show off how unique he is
200

When you are obsesses with yourself, you are...

a. compassionate

b. swift

c. enormous

d. vain

d. vain

200

What internal character trait best describes Half-Chicken?

a. rude

b. stingy

c. helpful


c. helpful

200
Which word has the same BEGINNING sound as the word wrap? (part, rich, trap, wire)
rich
300
Why does the stream ask Half-Chicken for help?
Branches are blocking his way.
300
Why doesn't Half-Chicken stay and warm up by the fire?
He is in a hurry to get to Mexico City.
300
What does the word swift mean? The race horse was as swift as the wind.
fast
300

What is a setting?

a. the central problem of the story

b. the place and time 

c. the big problem in the story

b. the place and time

300
Which word has the same BEGINNING sound as wrong? (gate, race, sing, warm)
race
400
What does Half-Chicken do to help the wind?
Untangle it from some bushes
400
Why does the palace guard laugh?
He thinks Half-Chicken belongs in the kitchen.
400

Which vocabulary word is the OPPOSITE of the word tiny? 

enormous

400

This is the place where you might get your information

a. text

b. source

c. website

d. all of the above

d. all of the above

400
Which word has the same ENDING sound as comb? (bone, club, mail, swim)
swim
500
What saves Half-Chicken from being cooked?
Fire and water repay favors he did for them.
500
What is this story MAINLY about?
How weather vanes came to be
500

When you do something slowly, on purpose, carefully, you do it...

deliberately

500

How are folktales an important way for a community to pass on its culture and values?

answers vary

500
Which word has the same ENDING sound as the word climb? (bite, close, mile, seem)
seem