Question

read the passage. there are several questions about this passage. in 1996, the author and her husband tom turned their backyard into a wild bird sanctuary. a quail named sweetie was among the birds rescued and brought to the sanctuary for care. from the birds of pandemonium 1 it may have been ludicrous to imagine sweetie as an attack quail, but i can say that his charm was a sweet sort of tyranny. when he ran to me, i had to put other bird chores on hold to enjoy this tiny bird with the outsize personality. i learned to feed him last so as not to be late in getting to birds scheduled after him. the reason was simple. when he sat in my lap and sang, i lost track of time. 2 like any virtuoso, sweetie had very strong preferences, especially when it came to food. when i brought him home from the shelter, i fed him game - bird mash, as recommended by the humane society. the food is protein rich, formulated to supply all needed minerals and vitamins for game birds. since quail are considered game birds, the choice of food seemed reasonable. our pheasants, also game birds, loved chopped - up greens, so i offered him these, as well as “birdie bread,” a homemade corn bread with strained baby - food veggies, eggs (including the shells), shredded carrots, and pellets in it. most of our birds reacted to it as a yummy treat. 3 not sweetie. i would enter his aviary carrying food dishes, and he would run to me and watch intently as i put them down. he poked his beak into each dish and then turned his gaze upward. i kept trying: crushed cheerios, fruit cut into tiny pieces, bread crumbs, hard - boiled eggs mashed into a paste. the reaction was the same. yet i could tell he was hungry. he’d look at me as if to say, why can’t you understand what i want? and then he’d let out a soft cry like a trill. this question has two parts. answer part a and then answer part b. part a these sentences are from the passage. “eek,” i responded. finally, success! (paragraph 18) which statement best explains what the author’s “success” is? 1. the author finally realizes that sweetie’s favorite food is mealworms. 2. sweetie has learned to associate the author’s sound “eek” with mealworms. 3. sweetie consistently jumps up toward the author when he sees a mealworm. 4. the author now produces sweetie’s sound for mealworm the same way every time. part b which excerpt from the passage best supports the correct answer from part a? 1. “from then on, when i croaked my ‘eek,’ sweetie knew that it meant a worm was

Explanation:

In Part A, the author's "success" likely refers to Sweetie associating the author's "Eek" sound with meal - worms. This is because the author has been trying to communicate with Sweetie about food. In Part B, the excerpt "From then on, when I croaked my 'eek,' Sweetie knew that it meant a worm was" best supports that Sweetie has learned to associate the sound with meal - worms.

Answer:

Part A: 2. Sweetie has learned to associate the author's sound "Eek" with mealworms.
Part B: 1. "From then on, when I croaked my 'eek,' Sweetie knew that it meant a worm was"