The Baker's Dozen

What two character traits describe the baker?

• Generous and funny

• Greedy and lazy

• Honest and hard-woking

• Clumsy and kind

How does the baker change in the story?

• He learns to listen to St. Nicholas.

• He learns to be generous.

• He learns to give 13 cookies.

• He learns to listen to the old lady.

What is the central message of this folktale?

• It is good to listen to your elders.

• You better give customers what they ask for

• Bake more bread than usual.

• It is good to share kindness.

How does the baker display his greed?

• He doesn't give the old lady 13 cookies instead of 12.

• He doesn't listen to the old lady.

• He wants all the cookies for himself.

• He kicked the woman out of his bakery.

What happens to the baker and his bakery after the old lady leaves the first time?

• He burned the cookies.

• Everything was a disaster.

• All he baked tasted terrible.

• All of the above.

What happens to the baker and his bakery after the old lady leaves the second time?

• He baked many St. Nicholas cookies.

• He gave his customers one extra cookie.

• He helped old ladies.

• His cookies were the best in town.

How does the baker change from the beginning to the end of the story?

• First he bakes terrible cookies, and in the end he bakes delicious cookies.

• First he is greedy and in the end he is generous.

• First he doesn't listen to old ladies, then he listens to old ladies.

• First he doesn't dream about St. Nicholas, and in the end he dreams about St. Nicholas.

According to the selection, what is a baker's dozen?

• 12 instead of 13

• Generosity to old ladies

• 13 instead of 12

• Not being greedy

What did the baker "see" in his dream?

• He was a kid again.

• St. Nicholas seemed to have just one more toy.

• St. Nicholas gave the baker one of his own cookies.

• All of the above.

What did the baker learn?

• To bake 13 cookies instead of 12.

• To listen to St. Nicholas.

• To bake delicious cookies.

• To be generous and honest.