Vocabulary and Test Questions

 

Vocabulary:
nectar: juice
transformed: changed
drift: to move because of wind or water
larva: the baby form of some insects
chrysalis: protective covering

Questions:
At the beginning, what does the little girl save?

What seems strange to the little girl?

Why do the grandpa and the little girl cut a window in the box?

Where did they get the flowers to put in the box?

Why did the little girl put leaves out each day?

What does the little girl add to the box for the larva to walk on?

When the grandpa says, "It's time", what does he mean?

Where does the butterfly go when it first leaves the box?

Who is telling this story?

At the end of the story, why does the little girl think the butterflies come 
to her yard?