The Homecoming

The villagers laugh at the woodcutter because he

• talks constantly and boasts about how much he knows.

• is impatient and gets angry when his neighbors do things wrong.

• has a wife who always tells him what to do and when to do it.

• is easily distracted and gives unsolicited advice.

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The villagers’ comment that the woodcutter “knew a little of everything and most of nothing” means that the woodcutter

• deserves to be admired for having so many different skills.

• is disliked for pretending to know little while actually knowing a great deal.

• knows too much to be happy living for the rest of his life in their village.

• is being mocked for interfering in their affairs while ignoring his own.

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The woodcutter’s wife tells him he must leave the village because

• she fears that the villagers will attack him.

• she wants him to bring back firewood as quickly as possible.

• he must take the palm leaf fans into town.

• this is the first test he must pass successfully.

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What prior knowledge tells you that the woodcutter is going to get into trouble when he goes into the mountains?

• You know that people don’t change their habits easily.

• You know that husbands and wives often have different opinions.

• You know that desperate people often do desperate things.

• You know that people deserve what happens to them.

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In “The Homecoming,” the game that fascinates the woodcutter and two players is

• checkers.

• chess.

• backgammon.

• memory.

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When you use prior knowledge to make a prediction, you start with

• what you liked most in your reading.

• what you think is most important to learn.

• what you already know before you read.

• the author’s opinions and yours.

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What clue indicates that the funny old man and the fat man are more than they seem?

• They play the game with supernatural skill.

• They pay no attention to the woodcutter.

• Their robes change color as they play the game.

• They play the game all day and all night.

The woodcutter tries to advise the game players in the story’s

• exposition.

• rising action.

• falling action.

• resolution.

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At the end of the story, the schoolteacher says that the two game players must have been saints. What qualities do these saints possess?

• They play tricks on their victims.

• They live forever.

• They are humans who act like gods.

• They are creatures with artificial intelligence.

To predict what happens at the end of this story, it would be most useful to have prior knowledge about

• autobiographies.

• Chinese folk tales.

• science fiction for young people.

• Japanese ghost stories.

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