Explicit Inferring

R.L.1.1 Using explicit information and inferences

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Multiple Choice

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A: Why did the innkeeper try to charge so much for the five boiled eggs?

• He couldn’t remember the boy.

• He wanted to purchase hens for more eggs.

• He had to take care of his inn.

• He was greedy.

Multiple Select

Part B: Which three sentences from the passage support the answer in Part A? (That he was greedy)

• “In truth, the innkeeper did not remember him, for this fine-looking fellow looked nothing like the scrawny lad who had begged for food some ten years before.”

• “Still, eager to make a profit, he readily added up the charges.”

• “That’ll be ten thousand akches,” he declared”

• “When the stunned merchant refused to pay, the innkeeper declared that he would take him to court.”

• “I’m ruined!” the merchant muttered as he sat in the village square. “What will I do?”

Multiple Select

Select two sentences from the passage that show the merchant had “good fortune”.

• ”The judge then ruled that the merchant would not have to pay even one akche for the eggs.”

• “When he finally returned home, he stopped by the old roadside inn.”

• “When the stunned merchant refused to pay, the innkeeper declared that he would take him to court.”

• “At that moment, he was approached by a sturdy little man wearing a white turban and riding a donkey.”

• “Where is hodja?” demanded the judge, growing angrier by the minute.”

Multiple Select

Fill in the circle before two sentences that show how the innkeeper was tricked in court.

• “I would have been here sooner, but this morning I had the cleverest plan.

• Instead of eating my boiled corn for breakfast, I planted it.

• Think of the rich harvest I’ll reap!”

• “That’s absurd,” the innkeeper scoffed

• “You can’t grow corn from cooked kernels!”