Stone Soup

What challenge does the traveler face when he first comes to town?

• He is tired and needs a place to spend the night.

• He knocks on a door and a young woman holding a baby answers.

• He is hungry and hopes someone will give him food.

• He wants to fix a dinner but doesn't have a pot.

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What is the challenge the traveler faces when no one will help him?

• He has to find wood so that he can build a fire to keep warm.

• He needs to learn how to make friends with everyone in town first.

• He has to walk to another town where people might be kinder to him.

• He must find a new way to get people to share their food with him.

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Why does the traveler keep putting his nose over the pot and breathing in?

• to make the people think he is cooking something tasty

• to make the people want to make their own soup

• to make the people angry that they won't get any soup

• to make the people sad that they didn't help him

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CCSS.RL.1.10

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What do you learn about the traveler from the way he faces his challenge?

• He is clever because he gets people to choose to help him.

• He is lazy because he has other people do his work for him.

• He is unhappy because he is too poor to buy his own food.

• He is proud because he knows more about cooking than others.

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In this sentence: The villagers ran to their homes. What does the word "villagers" mean?

• people who eat soup in a small town

• people who work in a small town

• people who live in a small town

• people who help others in a small town

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