How the Animals got their coats

How the Animals got their coats

Multiple Choice

What does the storyteller say in Scene 1 that hints at what the play will be about?

• that the animals were once all a dull brown color

• that the leopard is kind to the tortoise

• that the tortoise will make the leopard beautiful

• that the hyena was both drab and mean

Multiple Choice

How do the events of Scene 2 build on the events of Scene 1?

• the tortoise promises to make the leopard beautiful in Scene 1, and he keeps his promise in Scene 2.

• The hyena plays a trick on the tortoise in Scene 1, and the tortoise makes plans to get even in Scene 2.

• The leopard saves the tortoise in Scene 1, and the tortoise saves the zebra in Scene 2.

• The tortoise makes the leopard beautiful in Scene 1, and the zebra becomes jealous of the leopard in Scene 2.

Multiple Choice

...he was all blotched, with a dirty white, gloomy gray, and dull brown coat.

What is the meaning of blotched in this context?

• coated in mud

• tangled in the weeds

• covered with patches of color

• wet and slimy

Multiple Choice

Part A:

How do the events in Scene 3 build on the events from Scene 1 of How the Animals Got Their Beautiful Coats?

• Scene 1 describes the beauty of the animals in Africa, and Scene 3 shows how they got that way.

• Scene 1 shows how mean the hyena is to the tortoise, and Scene 3 shows how the tortoise makes sure the hyena's appearance matches his actions.

• Scene 1 describes the kindness of the leopard, and Scene 3 shows how the tortoise repays that kindness.

• Scene 1 shows how cruel the hyena is, and Scene 3 shows the hyena learning to be kinder to others.

Multiple Select

Part B

Which two details from the play best support the answer to Part A?

• "Even the animals in this land are well groomed" Scene 1

• "In the beginning, all animals in Africa were a dull brown color." Scene 1

• "One day he knotted a piece of vine around on of Tortoise's feet and hung him from a high branch." Scene 1

• "I want a beautiful coat, too. Give me one or I'll hang out from the tree again" Scene 3

• "And he is still that way today...labeled clearly as a mean and unpleasant character!" Scene 3

Open Ended

How do the events of the play build on each other to show why the hyena is ugly and other animals are not? Use details from different scenes in your answer.