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Sarah Orne Jewett, A White Heron

Sarah Orne Jewett, A White Heron

Read A White Heron and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. What is the little girl doing when she meets the stranger in the woods?

looking for berries

making a daisy chain

bringing her cow home

spying on the white heron

2. From where did Sylvia come to work on Mrs. Tilley’s farm?

the neighbor’s farm

a cable car

the state orphanage

Mrs. Tilley’s daughter’s house

3. What does Mrs. Tilley tell the visitor about Sylvia?

that she never knew her parents

that she is very shy

that she knows all about birds

that she can take him to the creek for water

4. What does the visiting hunter give to Sylvia?

a mallet

a piece of smooth leather

a feather necklace

a jack-knife

5. How does Sylvia find the white heron’s nest?

She follows a trail of thin wispy feathers.

She walks to the sea and finds the heron and its partner in a log.

She climbs to the top of a very tall tree to get a better view of the woods.

She hears the heron’s call in the distance and follows the sound.