Stone Soup

Read the following sentences:
When the monks get to the village, no one greets them.  The villagers stay in their houses.  No one answers when the monks knock on doors.
What can the reader infer from those sentences?

• The villagers are all preparing for a feast.
• The monks want to make stone soup.
• The villagers do not trust strangers.
• The monks hear the sound of a bell.

When the monks arrive at the village, the people are ___________________.

• unfriendly
• sleeping
• starving 
• kind

The little girl's interactions with the monks showed that she _______________.

• was afraid of them
• was extremely hungry
• wanted to get to know the strangers
• didn't know what else to do

Read the following sentence:
He returned in a moment with five big onions, and he dropped them into the bubbling soup.
The imagery in this sentence appeals most to the reader's sense of ____________________.

• touch
• taste
• smell
• hearing

What do the villagers learn in this folktale?

•  Always be by yourself.
• Change can be good.
• Working together can be unpleasant.
• Sharing makes you richer.

What happens to the soup as each person adds more to the pot?

• It spills over onto the ground.
• It begins to taste more like stones.
• It gets thicker and harder to stir.
• It grows richer and smells better.

What is the BEST summary of the story?

• Three monks find unhappy villagers, who help them to make stone soup.
• Three monks find unhappy villagers, who bring items to add to the monks' stone soup.  When the soup is ready, the villagers enjoy it and realize that sharing made them richer.
• Three monks find unhappy villagers, who bring items to add to the monks' stone soup.  When the soup is ready, the villagers enjoy it and realize that sharing made them poorer.
• Three monks find happy villagers, who bring items to add to the monks' stone soup.  When the soup is ready, the villagers enjoy it and realize that sharing made them richer.

Pages 294-296 are important to the development of the plot because it is where ____________.

• the villagers begin to trust others
• the villagers continue to mistrust
• the villagers don't know what to do
• the villagers want to eat

Read this sentence from the story:
The villagers thought the soup smelled agreeable.
Which word means about the same as the word agreeable?

• pleasant
• look
• meal
• stare

As it is used on page 286, the word untrusting means _____________.

• confident
• not able to do something
• large meal
• not trusting