Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

When does Ali Baba discover the thieves' hideout?

• When he chops down a tree that crashes into their hideout.

• When he sees the thieves from a tree and hears their magic words.

• When he comes upon their fortress, hidden in the trees.

• When his donkey kicks a hole that opens their cave.

What does Cassim's wife do because she is suspicious when Ali Baba's wife asks to borrow a scale?

• She asks Cassim what she ought to do.

• She refuses to lend the scale to her sister-in-law.

• She coats the scale with tallow to see what will stick to it.

• She follows her sister-in-law to see what she if weighing.

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Why is Cassim able to enter the thieves' hideout?

• Ali Baba tells him where to find the cave and how to enter it.

• Cassim follows Ali Baba when he goes to the cave.

• Cassim hides in the trees until the thieves come along.

• Cassim has secretly been a thief all along.

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Why are the thieves able to catch and kill Cassim?

• They are in the cave when he enters it.

• They see him coming and ambush him.

• He falls asleep in the cave.

• He forgets the words to make the cave door open so he is trapped.

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How do the thieves find out who knows the location of their hideout?

• Cassim's wife tells the story to her neighbors.

• Ali Baba tells the story to his son.

• The cobbler who sews up Cassim's corpse cannot keep quiet.

• Ali Baba's slave, Morgiana, contacts the thieves.

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How does the leader of the thieves sneak his men into Ali Baba's courtyard?

• He hides them in thirty-nine large oil jars.

• He disguises them as traveling actors.

• He conceals them in five wagons of hay.

• He disguises them as traveling students.

Who suffocates the thieves with boiling oil?

• Ali Baba

• Ali Baba's wife

• Morgiana

• Cassim's wife

How does the leader of the thieves get into Ali Baba's house again?

• He gains Morgiana's friendship.

• He wins favor with Ali Baba's son.

• He sets up a fake business deal with Ali Baba.

• He pretends to be a government official.

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Why does Morgiana use a knife as a prop in her beautiful dance?

• To show Ali Baba she is not afraid of danger.

• To make Ali Baba's wife scared of her.

• To impress Ali Baba's son.

• To trick the leader of the thieves and kill him.

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How does Ali Baba reward Morgiana?

• He gives her freedom and the right to marry his son.

• He gives her first choice of all the treasures in the cave.

• He gives her a new wardrobe and jewels to go with it.

• He gives her a home of her own and forty servants.

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