The Wise Old Woman

The Wise Old Woman

By Yoshiko Uchida

Open Ended

Why did the young lord issue a decree against elderly people? What did the decree say? Cite specific evidence from the second paragraph.

Poll

What does the word banish mean?

• To bring back with

• To run quickly

• To remove from

• To congratulate

Multiple Choice

Based on the farmer's dialogue and behavior in paragraphs 6-10, the reader can infer that-

• he is lazy.

• he is loving.

• he is ambitious.

• he is arrogant.

Multiple Choice

The farmer's kindness helps develop the plot of the story because-

• he fights back against the decree and refuses to take his mother away.

• he wants to help the lord by carrying his mother into the mountains.

• he wants to deceive the lord to protect his mother from the decree.

• he does not want to make his mother seem weak to the lord.

Open Ended

Write two or three sentences describing how the farmer's mother saves the village from Lord Higa's threats.