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Nights of the Pufflings
  • 1. It took the baby bunny a long time before it would ________ out, away from its mother.
A) venture
B) nestles
C) stranded
D) burrows
  • 2. When the little boy stepped off the curb, his mother _______________ grabbed his arm.
A) burrows
B) uninhabited
C) insignificant
D) instinctively
  • 3. the animals dug dozy underground ___________ to raise their young in.
A) venture
B) stranded
C) burrows
D) nestles
  • 4. 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. I mean really, who can stand to listen to that rubbish repeatedly?
A) instinctively
B) unyielding
C) uninhabited
D) stranded
  • 5. When our car got a flat tire, we became _________ on the highway.
A) twined
B) nestles
C) stranded
D) venture
  • 6. When I hold my friend's cat, it _____________ its head under my arm.
A) uninhabited
B) instinctively
C) nestles
D) venture
  • 7. The story takes place in ________.
A) Iceland
B) Australia
C) Greenland
D) Zeeland
  • 8. The only time the puffins come ashore is when they ____________.
A) can't find food in the sea
B) lay eggs and raise puffin chicks
C) return from the sea to live on land as adults
D) are sick and hurt
  • 9. The author calls puffins "clowns of the sea" because they puffins _____________.
A) hide their babies from people
B) are great at juggling
C) work in a circus
D) look like they are wearing clown makeup
  • 10. When do the puffins return to the area where Halla lives?
A) spring
B) winter
C) summer
D) fall
  • 11. Where do baby puffins live?
A) in burrows on high cliffs
B) in tall grass on the beach
C) in sand dunes
D) in pools of shallow water
  • 12. Why must grown-up puffins catch lots of fish?
A) The pufflings only like certain kinds of fish
B) They are feeding themselves, and the pufflings
C) The season for catching fish is a short one
D) They haven't eaten all winter
  • 13. Why do the baby puffins stay in their homes for several weeks?
A) The adult puffins told them too, and they don't want to get into "big trouble"
B) They're afraid of humans
C) They must stay in a safe place until they can fly
D) The fish are too large for them to hunt
  • 14. Why do hundreds of pufflings crash-land in the village?
A) The adult puffins are out at sea.
B) The cats and dogs chase them out of the sky
C) The children scare them
D) They probably get confused by the village lights
  • 15. Why do the pufflings try to hide?
A) They are running away from their parents
B) They are scared of jumping off the high cliffs and drowning.
C) They can't take off from flat ground and don't know what to do.
D) They haven't had a chance to run around yet, and it's super fun trying not to get eaten by dogs and cats.
  • 16. What reason does the author give for the nights of the pufflings
A) the chicks have started making long-distance flights
B) The chicks can walk from their homes to the ocean
C) The chicks are no longer hungry, and can fly
D) The chicks made their first flight so they can spend the winter at sea
  • 17. How long do the children keep the pufflings in the cardboard boxes?
A) They wait until it is safe to set the pufflings on the sand
B) The kids wait for the adult puffins to come back and get their pufflings
C) Forever. Pufflings are tasty.
D) They set them free the next day.
  • 18. Why do the children of Heimaey rescue the pufflings?
A) to protect an endangered species
B) to help the pufflings fly out to sea
C) to make sure the birds keep coming back to their town
D) it's an excuse to stay up past their bed-time for a week or so
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