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He couldn't chase every bird away by hand, so he came up with a clever trick. He set up wooden frames along the riverbank to scare the flocks off his wheat. That trick may be oneof the very first scarecrows the world ever knew!  \nThose Egyptian farmers weren't the only ones losing crops to feathered thieves. In ancient Greece, farmers carved wooden figures to stand guard in their  \nfields, hoping the statues would frighten birds and even bring a good harvest. Farmers in medieval Britain took a different path, sending young children called \"bird-scarers\" to run through the fields shouting and throwing stones. Can you imagine that being your job before school?  \nWhen those young bird-scarers grew scarce after hard times in Britain, farmers went back to stuffing old clothes to do the work instead. They packed shirts and pants with straw, topped them with a sack for a head, and propped them on poles. This is the classic scarecrow you probably picture today, with a floppy hat and a friendly grin. Farmers around the world built their own versions from whatever they had, from cloth and wood to bells and shiny objects.  \nIn Japan, farmers made figures called kakashi, a word that once meant something like \"smelly thing. \" The earliest ones weren't dolls at all but bundles of old rags, meat, and bones set on fire so the awful smell would drive birds away. Later, kakashi became human-shaped figures dressed in a raincoat and hat, holding a bow to look like a hunter. Japan even honors a scarecrow god named Kuebiko, said to know everything about the world though he cannot walk.  \nSo after all these clever tricks, do scarecrows actually work on birds? Not for long, scientists say, because birds are smart and quickly figure out that a stuffed figure won't move or chase them. That's why farmers today use spinning tape, loud noises, and scarecrows they move around often. These days whole towns celebrate the old guardians with scarecrow festivals, filling streets with hundreds of handmade figures each fall.  \nScarecrows Around the World  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) Where does the passage say one of the earliest scarecrows may have been used?\u003Cbr>A. Beside the Nile River in ancient Egypt\u003Cbr>B. In the wheat fields of medieval Britain\u003Cbr>C. Along the coast of ancient Greece\u003Cbr>D. In the rice paddies of ancient Japan |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) How is the overall structure of this passage best described?\u003Cbr>A. It lists steps for building a scarecrow at home\u003Cbr>B. It presents a problem and then one single solution\u003Cbr>C. It moves through time from ancient scarecrows to those used today\u003Cbr>D. It compares two kinds of birds that eat crops |  |  |  |  | 4.  \u003Cbr>5.  \u003Cbr>6.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) What job did children called \"bird-scarers\" do in medieval Britain?\u003Cbr>A. They ran through fields shouting and throwing stones at birds\u003Cbr>B. They rang bells and hung shiny objects on poles\u003Cbr>C. They carved wooden statues to place among the crops\u003Cbr>D. They stuffed old clothes with straw to build figures |  |  |  |  | 7.  \u003Cbr>8.  \u003Cbr>9.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) Why do scientists say scarecrows do not keep birds away for long?\u003Cbr>A. Because the straw stuffing rots away in the rain\u003Cbr>B. Because birds cannot see the figures from far off\u003Cbr>C. Because farmers place them in the wrong spots\u003Cbr>D. Because birds are smart and learn the figure will not move |  |  |  |  | 10.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) What is the scarecrow god Kuebiko said to be able to do?\u003Cbr>A. Guard the harvest and grant a good crop\u003Cbr>B. Bring rain to farmers during a dry season\u003Cbr>C. Know everything about the world even though he cannot walk\u003Cbr>D. Chase birds away from every field in Japan |  |  |  |  |  |  |  ","cbCaimTwOykWuZYw","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimTwOykWuZYw","pdf",87131,"English","# Reading Comprehension Questions\n## Questions 1-10","[{\"question\":\"Where does the passage say one of the earliest scarecrows may have been used?\",\"answer\":\"It says one of the earliest scarecrows may have been used beside the Nile River in ancient Egypt.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the overall structure of the passage best described?\",\"answer\":\"The passage moves through time, describing scarecrows and bird-deterrent methods from ancient examples to those used today.\"},{\"question\":\"Why do scientists say scarecrows do not keep birds away for long?\",\"answer\":\"Scientists say birds are smart and quickly learn that a stuffed figure will not move or chase them.\"}]","Scarecrows Around the World - Answer Questions | PDF",1790809856,18]