The Fortune Tellers Story Test

Which statement BEST explains how the author develops the point of view of the story? (5 points)

• He uses a first-person narrator so the story will be more believable.

• He uses a first-person narrator to reveal all the narrator's thoughts and feelings.

• He uses a third-person narrator so the reader can know what everyone is doing and thinking.

• He uses a third-person narrator in order to draw attention to details of all characters.

Part A (5 points)

What did you learn about the carpenter from the story?

• He is honest.

• He is impatient.

• He is careful.

• He is lazy.

Part B (2.5-5 points)

Which 2 details from the passage best supports your answer for Part A?

• "He kept wondering if the future held anything better."

• "Thank you, master seer, thank you."

• "He had scarcely gone halfway when he though of a dozen more questions he was burning to ask."

• "Hearing that a fortune-teller had come to the neighboring town, he set off eagerly to learn the answers to his questions."

• "With that, he left the fortune-teller and hurried homeward."

Which of the following is NOT a prediction the fortune-teller makes about the carpenter? (5 points)

• He will be rich.

• He will be famous.

• He will go to war.

• He will fall in love.

Part A (5 points)

At the end of page 13, the carpenter most likely feels

• happy

• overwhelmed

• angry

• sad

Which of the following events is important to the plot of the story?

• The carpenter tries to steal the fortune-teller's cap and crystal ball.

• The cloth merchant's wife thinks the carpenter is a fortune-teller.

• The carpenter tricks the fortune-teller into giving him his money back.

• The cloth merchant's wife catches the carpenter stealing from her.

How are the carpenter and the real fortune-teller similar?

• They both become rich and famous.

• They both know how to tell real fortunes.

• They both trick people out of their money.

• They both fall out a window.

What is the problem in the story?

• The carpenter is rich and he has a huge house, but no wife.

• The carpenter has a wife, but he makes very little money.

• The carpenter is a fortune-teller who no one believes.

• The carpenter makes little money and doesn't have a wife.

Which of the following characters were the most important to the story?

• the cloth merchant's daughter

• the cloth merchant's wife

• the cloth merchant's neighbor

• the cloth merchant