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Robert Olen Butler, Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot

Robert Olen Butler, Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot

Read Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. The narrator is a

blue-front Mockingbird.

cockatoo.

yellow-nape Amazon.

gordo.

2. What does the narrator’s human wife whisper to him when she discovers him as a parrot?

“Birdy want a cracker?”

“Poor birdy.”

“Birdy want a peanut?”

“Pretty bird.”

3. The narrator lost his life as a human when he

was shot by his wife’s lover.

was run over by the new car belonging to the “guy from shipping” at his wife’s office.

fell out of a tree onto his head while trying to see if his wife was in another man’s bed.

mistakenly ran into a sliding glass door.

4. Both as a human and as a parrot, what does the narrator feel when he is sure there is another man naked with his wife?

a restlessness back in his tail, and a burning thrashing feeling

a pain in his neck

a desire to start whooping

a headache

5. The narrator calls out “Hello, cracker” to upset

the guy from shipping.

the man in the rattlesnake boots.

his wife.

the hairy meat packer.