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Reading Questions

Choose the best answer.

1. Which bird is small and plump?

a. the Green Amazon parrot
b. the Lovebird
c. the Polynesian Parakeet
d. the South American Macaw

2. Which of these happens first in the passage?
a. Some parrots hang by their beaks.
b. There are more than 310 kinds of parrots.

c. The last of these parakeets was seen in 1910.
d. They are among the best climbing birds.

3. What were parakeets killed for in the United States?

a. for having harsh voices
b. for their brightly colored feathers
c. for having hinged beaks

d. for their climbing claws

4. How are macaws different from parrots?
a. They are small and plump.

b. They are only 3 inches long.
c. They are the largest and most colorful.
d. They are middle sized parrots.

5. Predict what will happen if you say "hello" to a parrot.

a. It will mimic and imitate you.
b. It will crack some nuts and seeds.
c. It will choose your mate for life.
d. It will climb and eat fruit crops.

6. The word imitate means
a. to copy
b. to learn

c. to sing
d. to understand

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