NIGHTS OF THE PUFFINS

QUESTIONS

1. In what country of the world does this story take place?    
2. Where is Halla looking from at the beginning of the story?     
3. What is Halla looking for?    
4. What’s the sky speckled with?    
5. Where are the birds coming from?    
6. Why are they coming to the island for?    
7. How else do they call the puffins?   
8. Where do the puffins build their nests?    
9. Where do Halla and her friends go on weekends?    
10. What are the children waiting for?    
11. How does the ocean look in summer while Halla splashes in the water?    
12. Why do the older puffins have to catch lots of fish?    
13. Why are they getting cardboard boxes ready?    
14. How does the baby puffins call out for food?    
15. When do the children know that the wait is over?       
16. What has happened to the baby puffins when the abldusbra is in full bloom?    
17. What do the puffins do in winter?     
18. Why do the children need flashlights and boxes?    
19. What are the dangers that young puffins encounter?    
20. What do children do at night?    
21. How do children get to sleep?    
22. What do pufflings instinctively do to helping fingers?    
23. Where do pufflings spend the night after being rescued?    
24. What do they do next day with all the rescued puffins    
25. What happens day after day?     
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