What is the biggest problem in the story?

There is a drought, The saguaro is trying not to get eaten

What was the effect of the hawk fighting the owl?

The other birds joined the battle

What did the birds cooperate to do?

shake the saguaro enough to have its fruit drop

Why did the saguaro want its fruit to drop?

so that the animals would eat it instead of the cactus, so that the animals would eat it instead of the cactus

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A Saguaro's Story Vocabulary and Comprehension

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Vocabulary words and comprehension questions from the folktale A Saguaro's Story

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1
What does easily done mean?
simple
support
crisis
bold
2
What makes this story a folktale?
It began with once upon a time...
Characters are talking
It began with Long ago and far way...
Who said it was a folktale?
3
What does it mean if you broke down?
collapsed
challenge
bold
devour
4
What did the horned owl do?
stole another birds nest
made holes in cactus
lived in holes others had made
built a stick nest
5
What is the biggest problem in the story?
the hawk gets his nest taken away
There is a drought
The saguaro is trying not to get eaten
the purple martin wants to be a leader
6
What was the effect of the hawk fighting the owl?
the animals below ran away
The summer rain began to drift
the saguaro dropped its fruit
The other birds joined the battle
7
To be fearless means to be...?
smart
a cactus
purple
bold
8
What does the word nourish mean?
a pinkish color
to feed
to have courage
something you just got
9
About how old was the cactus when it started to grow arms?
thirty-five years
fifty years
more than a hundred years
ten years
10
What does the word resided mean?
made one's home permanently
an owl
to repeat
icky stuff
11
Which phrase describes the heat of the desert?
cactus could not continue
desert animals are upset
showed their rising panic
baked in the midday sun
12
What did the hawk do?
stole another birds nest
lived in holes others had made
built a stick nest
made holes in cactus
13
What does frantic mean?
devour
simple
wildly excited
cooperate
14
If you are in a crisis you are ...
sleeping
in church
in a period of difficulty
support
15
What is the meaning of stage in the story?
when you are scared
the sky
something you walk on
period in a process
16
What does the words devour mean?
try to find
chase after
eat quickly
make a noise about
17
What did the saguaro dream about?
the history of the desert
its own history
its parents
the last big rain
18
What did the elf owl do?
built a stick nest
made holes in cactus
lived in holes others had made
stole another birds nest
19
What did the birds cooperate to do?
attack the saguaro
gather food for the animals
poke holes all over the cactus
shake the saguaro enough to have its fruit drop
20
What caused the palo verde tree to die?
not enough water
insects
the shadow of the saguaro
animals ate it
21
What did the Gila Woodpecker do?
stole another birds nest
lived in holes others had made
built a stick nest
made holes in cactus
22
Why did the saguaro want its fruit to drop?
it thought it made him look too colorful
it wanted to lose weight
so that the animals would eat it instead of the cactus
so that the animals would eat it instead of the cactus

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