Answer:
Queer means strange, so to Jimmy the sense of loss and gain is both frightening (or scary) and foreign (unknown) to him.
Adverb clause: <em />because all of the hens had been painted blue.
Subordinate conjunction: because
Word modified: squawked
A because by definition that is what a salver is
The open Savannah is traveled by tall, graceful giraffes.
The clairvoyant principal always seemed to know when trouble was afoot.
