Leaves And Blue Jay Test
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Short quiz over two stories - Leaves and Blue Jays
- 1.In “What Stumped the Blue Jays,” what is Jim Baker’s story about?
- A.
A group of blue jays who attack a cat
- B.
A blue jay who tries to steal another bird’s eggs
- C.
A blue jay who tries to fill a house with acorns
- 2.Twain’s style in “What Stumped the Blue Jays” is
- A.
Serious yet informal
- B.
Humorous and informal
- C.
Detailed and poetic.
- D.
Scholarly yet humorous
- 3.What is the main purpose of “What Stumped the Blue Jays”?
- A.
To entertain readers
- B.
To inform readers
- C.
To persuade readers
- D.
To warn readers
- 4.“What Stumped the Blue Jays,” what special gift does Jim Baker say that blue jays have over other birds?
- A.
Best talkers
- B.
Store the most food
- C.
Eat the most
- D.
Quieter than any other bird
- 5.What purpose does the author have for including the following description in “What Stumped the Blue Jays”? You may say a cat uses good grammar. Well, a cat does—but you let a cat get excited once; you let a cat get to pulling fur with another cat on a shed, nights, and you’ll hear grammar that will give you the lockjaw.
- A.
To improve readers’ grammar
- B.
To inform readers about cats
- C.
To teach readers about fighting
- D.
To make readers laugh
- 6.In “What Stumped the Blue Jays,” which of the following characteristics do the blue jays seem to share with human beings?
- A.
They always support someone who has made a mistake.
- B.
They love to give advice and make fun of each other.
- C.
They are greedy and fight over everything.
- 7.According to “What Stumped the Blue Jays,” blue jays
- A.
Gather in large groups
- B.
Are smarter than cats
- C.
Use bad grammar
- D.
Have no sense of humor
- 8.Which of the following sentences is one of the main ideas of “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall”?
- A.
Leaves stop making chlorophyll as summer ends
- B.
Leaves reflect the colors of pumpkins and squash in the fall.
- C.
Photosynthesis begins in the fall.
- 9.According to “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall,” why does the United States have brighter fall foliage than Europe?
- A.
There is too much pollution in Europe.
- B.
There are no maple trees in Europe.
- C.
The United States has colder nights and drier, sunnier days in fall.
- 10.What is the main purpose of “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall”?
- A.
To persuade readers to stop pollution
- B.
To inform readers of scientific facts about autumn leaves
- C.
To explain the origin of macabre fall holidays
- 11.Ackerman’s style in “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall” is
- A.
Serious yet informal.
- B.
Humorous and informal.
- C.
Detailed and poetic
- D.
Scholarly yet humorous.
- 12.“Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall,” the author compares people to leopards because she wants to stress
- A.
That leopards are endangered
- B.
That leopards hide
- C.
How powerful people are
- D.
How carefully we must observe nature
- 13.Which of the following examples reflects Ackerman’s style in “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall”?
- A.
Her detailed explanation of how the colored leaves fall.
- B.
Her humorous description of children playing in the leaves
- C.
C. Her scholarly explanation of how leafless trees survive the winter.
- 14.What purpose might have inspired this final sentence of “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall”? Sometimes one finds in fossil stones the imprint of a leaf, long since disintegrated, whose outlines remind us how detailed, vibrant, and alive are the things of this earth that perish.
- A.
To make readers angry about the idea of dying
- B.
To provide readers with a sense of wonder about life
- C.
To make readers laugh
- D.
To explain how fossils are formed
- 15.What is the meaning of the word guffawed in the following passage from “What Stumped the Blue Jays”? Well, sir, they roosted around here on the house-top and the trees for an hour, and guffawed over that thing like human beings.
- A.
Stared
- B.
Chattered
- C.
Frowned
- D.
Laughed
- 16.According to “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall,” the green chlorophyll in leaves is camouflage, which means that it
- A.
Destroys the other colors in the leaves
- B.
Hides the other colors in the leaves
- C.
Makes the leaves fall off the trees
- D.
Brightens the other colors in the leaves
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