Comprehension The Sun and the Moon

Where did the family live?

• in the village - while their mother sold her rice cake, the children did their chores.

• near the village - She went to the market and greeted everyone with a smile, selling her delicious rice cakes.

• far from the village - she wrapped her head in a scarf and pulled on a coat for the long walk to the village.

Why did the tiger push the rice cakes under the door?

• so the mother would not be able to see what he was doing

• it might get them to come outside

• because he wasn't hungry anymore

• to make the children believe he was their mother.

How did the boy discover it was a tiger and not their mother?

• The tiger was wearing his mother's coat.

• The tiger walked on four feet.

• He saw the tiger's tail.

• He heard the tiger growl

Why was the mother eager to get home?

• She had a lot of work to do.

• She wanted to see the children.

• She would be able to sleep.

• She was worried about tigers in the woods.

What did the mother say that made the tiger happy?

• She gave him her word.

• She promised to give him more rice cakes.

• She told him how many rice cakes she had.

• She mentioned her 2 children.

What are the two words in this sentence that mean the opposite of one another?

• As the tiger walked in standing upright, he held his head low so the children would not see his face.

• As the tiger walked in standing upright, he held his head low so the children would not see his face.

• As the tiger walked in standing upright, he held his head low so the children would not see his face.

• As the tiger walked in standing upright, he held his head low so the children would not see his face.

Where did the rope for the children come from?

• Their mother

• The tiger

• The sky

• The villagers

How did the children know that the tiger was cutting down the tree.

• The tiger told them he was cutting the tree.

• Tigers always cut down trees with an ax.

• The children heard the chop chop from the ax and the tree shook.

• The tree fell over from all of the chopping.

Why weren't the children worried that the tiger would climb the tree?

• The tiger put oil on the tree instead of tar.

• Tigers do not know how to climb trees.

• The children knew the rope was coming.

• The tiger got a broken ladder to climb the tree.

Why is the first sentence of the story so important?

You MUST state the relationship between the first sentence and what happens at the end of the story.

"A very long time ago, when the world was still covered in darkness, a mother and her two children, a boy and a girl, lived in a far away valley."