The Boy Who Wanted the Moon

The Boy Who Wanted the Moon

Multiple Choice

Why does the son become angry with the king?

• He realized he didn’t have everything his eye could see.

• He was hungry.

• He was cold.

• He was embarrassed in front of his peers.

Multiple Choice

The king is hesitant toward the middle of the story because

• he doesn’t want his son to think he is a liar.

• he knows the task of getting the moon is impossible.

• he doesn’t want his son to die.

• he wants absolute power.

Multiple Choice

What is the theme of this story?

• knowing what to ask for

• having everything you want

• being grateful for what you have

• avoiding false promises to others

Multiple Choice

Which word BEST describes the king’s son?

• greedy

• outraged

• patient

• sincere

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Why does the son run weeping to his father?

• He feels embarrassed because all the children laughed at him.

• He wants to be the prince of adults too.

• He hates that he has turned into a monkey.

• He broke up with his girlfriend.

Multiple Choice

What action shows the biggest difference between the king and the price when they both realize they do not own the moon?

• the son refused to eat.

• the king remarried.

• the children laughing.

• the king building a tower to the moon.

Multiple Choice

What part of the story is its resolution?

• when the people turned into monkeys

• when the king built the tower

• when the prince weeped

• when the tower was built higher

Multiple Choice

Another word for adamant is

• inflexible.

• kind

• angry

• spoiled

Multiple Choice

The word mar means

• disfigure

• beautify

• adorn

• place

Multiple Choice

In paragraph 1, the word heir means

• prince

• monkey

• moon

• king

Multiple Choice

A synonym for the word stubborn is

• obstinate

• accommodating

• flexible

• yielding

Multiple Choice

They sprouted long tails, and they became the animals now called monkeys.

Which is the BEST meaning of the word sprouted as it is used in this sentence?

• grew

• hid

• played

• sang

Multiple Choice

Why is it important that the prince at the beginning of the tale gets everything he wants?

• All classic tales begin with once upon a time.

• Princes always get everything they want.

• This prepares the reader for the problem the prince will soon face..

• The author wants you to know good things happen when you get everything you want..

Multiple Choice

To show the thoughts and feelings of each of the characters in the story, the author uses

• the first person point of view

• the second person point of view

• the third person limited point of view

• the third person omniscient point of view

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What type of literary work is this passage?

• a poem

• biography

• a folktale

• realistic fiction

Multiple Choice

In paragraph 4, when the author mentions the monkeys chatter in the trees, this is an example of

• alliteration

• foreshadowing

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Multiple Choice

When the author compares the prince to a full moon, this is an example of?

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

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The monkeys chatter in the trees is an example of which figurative device?

• allusion

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personification

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When the author compares the prince to a full moon, this is an example of?

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile