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- 1. Multiple Choice
Where is the story set?
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Edmonton, Alberta
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Vancouver, British Columbia
- 2. Multiple Choice
Who is the main character?
Wol
Mr. Miller
Billy
Murray
- 3. Multiple Choice
At the beginning of Chapter 1, what are Billy and Bruce hoping to do?
Find an owl's nest and take photographs of it
Find an owl's nest and tip it out of its tree
Find an owl's nest and feed the young owlets
Find an owl's nest and take the owlets for pets
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which is FALSE about cottonwood trees?
They shed a kind of white fluffy stuff that looks like snow
They keep their leaves all year long
They always have lots of branches
They always have rotten branches near the ground
- 5. Multiple Choice
In Chapter One,the boys see "a bunch of crows all yelling their heads off at something". What are the crows yelling at?
Another bunch of crows
A coyote
A great horned owl
A hunter
- 6. Multiple Choice
In Chapter One, what is ONE thing the boys see that tells them they've found an owl's nest?
Owl pellets
Owl droppings
A blind
Crows
- 7. Multiple Choice
In Chapter Two, why does Billy's father allow him to keep an owl as a pet?
He thinks it will impress his neighbours
He thinks it may eat some of Billy's other pets
He thinks Billy's mother would like the owl
He thinks Billy may give away his other pets if he has an owl
- 8. Multiple Choice
In Chapter Two, what does Mr. Miller think the owl's nest really is?
an old crow's-nest
a magpie nest
a squirrel's nest
a robin's nest
- 9. Multiple Choice
In Chapter Two, what does Mr. Miller build to take pictures of the owl?
A haversack
A lean-to
A blind
A shed
- 10. Multiple Choice
In Chapter Two, what does Mr. Miller accidentally drop?
His hat
His tea
His blind
His camera
- 11. Multiple Choice
In Chapter Three, what does Billy suggest as a way to get the owlets out of their nest?
Cutting down the cottonwood tree that the nest is in
Setting off firecrackers under the nest to scare the mother owl away
Shooting the mother owl
Shaking the tree so the owlets will fall out of the nest
- 12. Multiple Choice
In Chapter Three, how many dead owlets did the boys find after the chinook?
Seven
One
Three
Two
- 13. Multiple Choice
The boys find one live owlet. Why did it survive?
It probably flew out of the nest to the ground
It probably found some food to give it energy
It was probably the first to hatch and was the strongest
It probably didn't land as hard when it fell out of the tree
- 14. Multiple Choice
What did the boys feed the hungry owlet?
Bird seed
Apples
Roast-beef sandwiches
Cottonwood leaves
- 15. Multiple Choice
What reason does Billy give for the owlet following the boys?
The owlet knew he was an orphan
The owlet thought they had more sandwiches
The owlet thought Billy was his mother
The owlet was afraid to be alone
- 16. Multiple Choice
At the end of Chapter Three, Billy's father warns Billy to count his gophers because they may start disappearing. This is an example of:
A simile
A comparison
Foreshadowing
Alliteration
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