The Magic Stick

The Magic Stick

A Folktale

Multiple Choice

What did the poor man find?

• He found a bag of coins.

• He found a small meerkat caught in a trap.

• He found a stick.

Multiple Choice

How was the poor man rewarded?

• The meerkat gave him a bag of coins.

• The meerkat ran away.

• The meerkat changed into a stick and told the poor man to sell the stick at the market for money.

Multiple Choice

What did the rich man's wife do with the stick?

• She tossed the stick it in the fire for firewood.

• She threw the stick outside.

• She broke the stick in half.

Multiple Choice

What happened to the stick as a result of her action?

• The entire stick burned in the fire.

• The stick got hot from the fire and changed back into the meerkat.

• The rich man got mad at his wife for throwing the stick into the fire.

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What is the meerkat's problem?

• The meerkat was hungry.

• The meerkat was scared.

• The meerkat was burning.

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What was his solution? (How did he solve his problem?)

• The meerkat ran to the poor man's house and asked him to treat him kindly in exchange to make the poor man rich.

• The meerkat ran to the poor man's house and hid in the closet.

• The meerkat ran and jumped in a river.

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How did the poor man become rich?

• The poor man opened a a show where people came from near and far to see the magic stick turn into a meerkat that could sing and dance.

• The poor man sold the magic stick to a traveling circus where the meerkat did magic tricks.

Fill in the Blanks

Look at paragraphs 6-8. Find and type all of the words that have either the long or short oo vowel pair sounds.

Multiple Choice

What is the moral or lesson of this passage?

• Do not trust a rich man.

• Kindness will be rewarded.

• Think before you act.

• Liars build their own traps.