King Midas and the Golden Touch

1-What is the genre of the story?

• Expository text

• Myth

• Realistic Fiction

• Drama

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

2-Why did Aurelia cry about the roses?

• They were all dead.

• Their colors became pale.

• They all disappeared.

• She missed their scent.

3-What was the climax of the story?

• When king Midas went to the river.

• When King Midas cried and screamed.

• When King Midas turned Aurelia into gold.

• When king Midas turned the flowers into gold.

4-What is the theme of the story?

• Take care of your kids and don`t let them cry.

• Never love roses a lot.

• Take care of what you wish.

• Love gold more than anything else.

5-How did king Midas change at the end?

• He understood that gold is not important as he thought.

• He became more selfish and greedy.

• He hated roses and hated gold also.

• He became sad and poor.

6-What is the irony in this story?

• King Midas kept one golden rose at the end .

• King Midas`s wish turned back on him as his daughter turned into a statue .

• King Midas`s daughter loved gold too like him and changed all the roses to gold.

• All his wishes became true and he became rich

When the guards found an old man asleep in the rose garden Kind Midas ______

• Sent the old man to the dungeon

• gave the man food and entertained him

• sent him away from his realm

• none of the above

King Midas learned that wealth alone can make you happy.

• True

• False

Aurelia was very happy to see the roses had been turned to gold.

• True

• False

King Midas sprinkled every thing he turned to gold with the spring water to restore it but one what.

• his bed sheets to sleep each night in the memory of the golden touch

• his glasses so that he would remember he once has the golden touch

• one single rose to remind his of his golden touch

• none of the above