Tone and Mood

Open Ended

Guess the hidden message in this picture.

Multiple Select

Who are the characters in the story?

• businessman

• poor farmer

• leader

• aged mother

• father

Multiple Choice

…The trembling mother’s voice was full of unselfish love as she gave her last injunction, “Let’s not thine eyes be blinded, my son,” she said. “The mountain road is full of dangers. Look carefully and follow the path which holds the piles of twigs. They will guide you to the familiar path farther down.”

• love

• selfishness

• regretful

• hopeless

Multiple Choice

…“Wait!,” she said. “I will think. I will think.” On the second day she told him what to do. “Make rope of twisted straw,” she said. Then stretch it upon a row of flat stones and burn it on a windless night. He called the people together and did as she said and when the blaze died down, there upon the stones, with every twist and fiber showing perfectly, lay a rope of ashes.

• bitter

• hopeless

• hopeful

• amused

Multiple Choice

…The entire province was given strict orders to immediately put to death all aged people. Those were barbarous days, and the custom of abandoning old people to die was not uncommon.

• careful

• playful

• cruel

• cheerful

Draw

He wrapped her padded coat more closely about the stooping shoulders and with tearful eyes and an aching heart, he said farewell.

Draw

…the governor sent forth heralds bearing an unreasonable order, seemingly as a boast of his power. His demand was that his subjects should present him with a rope of ashes.The entire province trembled with dread. The order must be obeyed yet who in all Shining could make a rope of ashes?

Open Ended

Since birth, you have always been with your mother. You are only comfortable when you are with her. But what if the government told you that you should send your mother to the home for the aged? Are you willing to sacrifice her? Can you leave her there, as you need to follow the rules of the government? Why?