The Day It Rained Tortillas

What is the setting of the story?

• New Mexico

• Mexico

• Spain

• Arizona

Which event happens first in the story?

• The woodcutter's wife sends him to town to buy flour.

• The woodcutter goes to school.

• The woodcutter's wife makes tortillas.

• The woodcutter finds three bags of gold.

What causes the woodcutter's wife to worry?

• She runs out of flour to make tortillas.

• She needs to find a good hiding spot for the gold.

• She is afraid the robbers will find her husband.

• She does not have time to fix the hole in the roof.

Which word best describes the woodcutter?

• brave

• clever

• talkative

• furious

What happens after it rains tortillas?

• The woodcutter tells people in town about the gold.

• The woodcutter goes to school.

• The woodcutter goes to school.

• The woodcutter buries the gold.

The woodcutter tells the robbers-

• the gold disappeared the day it rained tortillas.

• they should go to school to learn how it can rain tortillas.

• that he needs their help to fix his roof.

• that his wife makes the best tortillas in town.

The woodcutter's wife solves the problem in the story-

• by making the robbers believe that it rained tortillas.

• by calling the police and reporting the robbers.

• by giving the gold back to the robbers.

• by making the robbers think they can't believe what the woodcutter says.