read the passage. there are several questions about this passage.

from settled in the wild

1
it is a rainy morning, the first week of may, good weather to plant nasturtiums. i sit on the porch steps with rubber boots, a baseball cap, and a slicker, holding the packages of seeds i bought at the feed store in town yesterday. the rain is steady and cold, the light is steel gray, and the yard is patchy and wet. but the pictures on the packages vibrate with color. nothing looks as good as these nasturtium flowers right now: deep red, eye - jolting orange, electric yellow.

2
absentmindedly, i begin to recite william wordsworth’s “i wandered lonely as a cloud” to myself. i have known the poem by heart ever since my father bought it to me when i was a child:

for oft, when on my couch i lie
in vacant or in pensive mood,
they flash upon the inward eye
which is the bliss of solitude;
and then my heart with pleasure fills,
and dances with the daffodils.

3
wordsworth’s inner eye saw daffodils. i say the poem and see hummingbirds. the nasturtiums are for them, and planting the flowers is my gesture of faith that they will come back to my yard once more. as i rip open the packages and push the seeds into the dirt, i know that these tiny bright - colored - nectar - drinking birds, each of whom weighs only a few grams—about the weight of four or five of these seeds—have already whirred in erratic flocks across five hundred miles of open water, running the gulf of mexico in a twenty - six - hour heat.

4
hummers do exactly what physiologists once insisted they could not do. a bird that weighs so little, they argued, cannot go from the yucatan to the mouth of the big muddy¹ without a refueling stop. such a dot of a bird cannot carry the extra fat it needs to get across all that water. halfway, the birds should self - destruct, should burn up and fall like a cloud of cinders. but now we know that they can carry the fat they need, and they do. instead of burning up, they land in the arboretum gardens of the south, poised, drooped, and alive. and

which description of hummingbirds is a central idea of the passage?
○ 1. hummingbirds are elegant and beautiful.
○ 2. hummingbirds are known by many names.
○ 3. hummingbirds are determined and fearless.
○ 4. hummingbirds are threatened with extinction.

part b
select two excerpts from the passage that best support the correct answer from part a.
□ 1. “home for some of them is right here in this clearing, a precise measure on their internal compasses, and every spring they want it back.” (paragraph 6)
□ 2. “females brood their newly hatched young in nests smaller than eggcups.” (paragraph 9)
□ 3. “in shadow, the male hummer’s throat is black, but when light is broken against it, the feathers throw back that ruby flash.” (paragraph 10)
□ 4. “a rufoushummer will challenge hawks and eagles who fly too close to its nest.” (paragraph 13)
□ 5. “but it dies in fragile ways.” (paragraph 13)

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read the passage. there are several questions about this passage.

from settled in the wild

1
it is a rainy morning, the first week of may, good weather to plant nasturtiums. i sit on the porch steps with rubber boots, a baseball cap, and a slicker, holding the packages of seeds i bought at the feed store in town yesterday. the rain is steady and cold, the light is steel gray, and the yard is patchy and wet. but the pictures on the packages vibrate with color. nothing looks as good as these nasturtium flowers right now: deep red, eye - jolting orange, electric yellow.

2
absentmindedly, i begin to recite william wordsworth’s “i wandered lonely as a cloud” to myself. i have known the poem by heart ever since my father bought it to me when i was a child:

for oft, when on my couch i lie
in vacant or in pensive mood,
they flash upon the inward eye
which is the bliss of solitude;
and then my heart with pleasure fills,
and dances with the daffodils.

3
wordsworth’s inner eye saw daffodils. i say the poem and see hummingbirds. the nasturtiums are for them, and planting the flowers is my gesture of faith that they will come back to my yard once more. as i rip open the packages and push the seeds into the dirt, i know that these tiny bright - colored - nectar - drinking birds, each of whom weighs only a few grams—about the weight of four or five of these seeds—have already whirred in erratic flocks across five hundred miles of open water, running the gulf of mexico in a twenty - six - hour heat.

4
hummers do exactly what physiologists once insisted they could not do. a bird that weighs so little, they argued, cannot go from the yucatan to the mouth of the big muddy¹ without a refueling stop. such a dot of a bird cannot carry the extra fat it needs to get across all that water. halfway, the birds should self - destruct, should burn up and fall like a cloud of cinders. but now we know that they can carry the fat they need, and they do. instead of burning up, they land in the arboretum gardens of the south, poised, drooped, and alive. and

which description of hummingbirds is a central idea of the passage?
○ 1. hummingbirds are elegant and beautiful.
○ 2. hummingbirds are known by many names.
○ 3. hummingbirds are determined and fearless.
○ 4. hummingbirds are threatened with extinction.

part b
select two excerpts from the passage that best support the correct answer from part a.
□ 1. “home for some of them is right here in this clearing, a precise measure on their internal compasses, and every spring they want it back.” (paragraph 6)
□ 2. “females brood their newly hatched young in nests smaller than eggcups.” (paragraph 9)
□ 3. “in shadow, the male hummer’s throat is black, but when light is broken against it, the feathers throw back that ruby flash.” (paragraph 10)
□ 4. “a rufoushummer will challenge hawks and eagles who fly too close to its nest.” (paragraph 13)
□ 5. “but it dies in fragile ways.” (paragraph 13)

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Accepted Answer

### Part A
# Brief Explanations:
To determine the central idea about hummingbirds, we analyze each option:
- Option 1: The passage focuses more on their behavior and migration, not just beauty. Eliminate.
- Option 2: The passage doesn't discuss multiple names of hummingbirds. Eliminate.
- Option 3: Details like hummingbirds flying across the Gulf of Mexico (despite being tiny) and a rufous hummingbird challenging hawks/eagles show determination and fearlessness. This fits.
- Option 4: The passage doesn't emphasize extinction; it's about their migration and behavior. Eliminate.

# Answer:
3. Hummingbirds are determined and fearless.

### Part B
# Brief Explanations:
We need excerpts that support the idea of hummingbirds being determined and fearless:
- Excerpt 1: Talks about their internal compasses and returning, showing determination in migration. Supports.
- Excerpt 2: Discusses nesting, not determination/fearlessness. Eliminate.
- Excerpt 3: Describes their appearance, not behavior. Eliminate.
- Excerpt 4: A hummingbird (rufous) challenges hawks/eagles, showing fearlessness. Supports.
- Excerpt 5: Talks about dying, not determination/fearlessness. Eliminate.

# Answer:
1. "Home for some of them is right here in this clearing, a precise measure on their internal compasses, and every spring they want it back." (Paragraph 6)
4. "A rufoushummer will challenge hawks and eagles who fly too close to its nest." (Paragraph 13)

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