Juan Verdades-StoryTown

What does don Arturo bet that he can do?

• he can make Juan give Araceli apples
• he can make Juan lie
• he can grow better apples
• he can make don Ignacio tell a lie

Why do don Aurturo and his family move in don Ignacio's house?

• They need to fix something
• He wants to talk to don Ignacio everyday
• Araceli thinks it will help them find a way to win the bet

How does Juan Verdades feel soon after he gives the apples to Araceli?

• unhappy
• hopeful
• brave
• excited

How do you know that this story is a folktale

• It has facts and opinons
• It involves animals that act like people
• It has a plot that teaches a lesson and is carried down from generations
• It has information about a topic

Why does Juan Verdades talk to a tree?

• He is practicing telling a lie to don Ignacio
• He loves the tree
• He is lonely
• He is hoping to get the tree to grow more apples

Why does Juan Verdades promise to give  Araceli anything from the ranch?

• He wants her to cook for him
• he wants to thank her for her kindness
• he hopes her father will hire him at their ranch

Why did the author write this story?

• to explain what living on a ranch was like
• To describe a special apple tree
• to reach how to solve a riddle
• to teach a lesson about honesty

I was ________________ when I found out we had a pop quiz.

• vast
• distressed
• magnificent
• bountiful

The football team _____________ walked on the field for the championship game. 

• relentlessly
• resoursefully
• confidently
• vastly

Once the hurricane arrived, the governor _______________ a state of emergency for everyone.

• declared
• roused
• vast
• insisted