Paired Passage the Dishonest Merchant and Guilty

Why does the peasant want to meet with the prince?

• To help the merchant find his bag of money

• because the merchant implies that the peasant is a thief

• To convince the prince to let him keep all of the merchants money.

• Because the prince calls for the peasant to appears before him

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which sentence from the story hints that the merchant plans to trick the peasant.

• Each time the merchant came to a crossroads, he told everyone that he would give one hundred lei to anyone who found the money

• The merchant trusted no one, so he went aside to count the money

• To his surprise, all on thousand coins were still in the bag

• He wondered how he could get out of his promise and still appear to be fair.

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

Which word or words from paragraph 8 help the reader understand the meaning of the word departed?

• hope you enjoy your reward

• ignored the peasants words

• Thank you again

• good-bye

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

What is the best summary of the story?

• A peasant finds a bag of money behind a fish market and returns it to a merchant for a reward. The merchant refuses to pay the reward. The peasant goes to the prince and tells his story. The merchant also tells his story. The bag is supposed to have 1000 coins but has only 900. The prince listens to both the peasant and the merchant.

• After losing a bag of money, a merchant promises a reward of 100 coins for it's return. When the bag is returned by a peasant, the merchant tries to avoid paying the reward by saying that the peasant took some of the money. They both go before a prince. The prince uses the merchants statements against him to reward the peasant.

• One day a Romanian prince asks a peasant and a merchant to appear in his chambers to talk about a bag of money. The merchant says the peasant took some money out of the bag. The prince can tell that the merchant is greedy. He holds up they money bag. It is made of leather just like other money bags. The prince says the bag does not belong to the merchant.

• A merchant travels to Romania, where he loses a bag of money. He says that he will give 100 coins to the person who finds it. A Peasant finds the bag and returns it to the merchant. The merchant tells the peasant that the bag is missing the reward money. The peasant says that he did not take any money out of the bag. The prince gives the bag of money to the peasant.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Based on the poem, what can the reader conclude about the speakers past behavior?

• The speakers usually acts a way that pleases the parents.

• The speakers has tried a similar approach to getting out of trouble before.

• The speaker defends the little sister even when she is wrong.

• The speaker has difficulty remember family rules.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

Why does the poem begin and end with the same line.

• To emphasize the speakers feelings about the situation

• To foreshadow a problem the speaker has

• To show the frustration of the speakers family members

• To highlight a change in the way to speaker feels about the little sister.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

Read these lines from the poem "My father shook his head at me. My mother gave her a hug." These two lines reveal that the speaker's parents -

• can be easily tricked by their children

• believe they know the truth about what happened

• are surprised that a cookie is missing

• are glad to see their children.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

How are the merchant in the "The Dishonest Merchant" and the speaker in "Guilty." similar?

• Both of them are disappointed in themselves for what they did.

• Both of them are confuse about why they have been punished.

• Both of them try to blame others in order to get what they want .

• Both of them are forced to keep their promises.

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The actions of the prince in the story and the parents in the poem are based on -

• fairness

• courage

• loyalty

• kindness

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

How is the point of view in the poem different from that of the story?

• Only the poem focuses on the thoughts of just one character.

• Only the poem describes the motivation of a main character.

• Only the poem shows the actions of just one character.

• Only the poem explains how each character becomes involved in the situation.

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9