The Wizard and the Hopping Pot

CCR4 "This well-beloved wizard lived to a goodly age, then died, leaving all his chattels to his only son." Based on the context of this sentence, what is the synonym closest to the word "chattels"?

• his talkative nature

• his personal property

• his personality

• his evil hopping pot

CCR4 “My granddaughter is afflicted by a crop of warts, sir,” she told him. “Your father used to mix a special poultice in that old cooking pot –” What is the meaning of the word "afflicted" as it is used in this sentence?

• the symptom or after effect

• the act of farming

• the cause of pain or suffering

• to be comforted by

CCR2 What is the theme of the "Wizard and the Hopping Pot"?

• Bad things happen to people all the time

• If you are able, you should always help those in need

• If you don't help other people, you are a mean person

• What goes around comes around

CCR3 What is the impact of the father leaving his son the pot and the slipper?

• The son is angry and thinks his father was selfish

• The son is angry and thinks his father was losing his mind in his old age

• The son is happy to have the hopping pot and wears the slipper

• The son is confused, but please to have something to remember his father by

CCR3 What impact does the Hopping Pot have on the son?

• It annoys him until he does the right thing and helps out the village people

• The two become best friends

• The hopping pot gets more and more sick, causing the son to be concerned for it

• The son uses the hopping pot every day to help other people

CCR6 How do the points of view of the Father and Son differ at the beginning of the story?

• The son believes that people should fix their own problems while the father wants to help others

• The son thinks that people who don't use magic are worthless, and so does the father

• The father and the son both think you should always help other people, no matter what

• The son believes that you should help everyone, but then changes his point of view to be like the father and help no one

CCR4 "The pot burped out the single slipper he had thrown into it, and permitted him to fit it on to the brass foot. Together, they set off back to the wizard’s house, the pot’s footstep muffled at last. " What is the meaning of the word "muffled"?

• to put on clothing

• quieted down

• to make amends/become friends with

• healed

CCR6/CCR1 Which piece of evidence shows the son's point of view in the story?

• The wizard could not sleep or eat with the pot beside him, but the pot refused to leave, and he could not silence it or force it to be still.

• “Be still. Be silent!” shrieked the wizard, but not all his magical powers could quieten the warty pot, which hopped at his heels all day, braying and groaning and clanging, no matter where he went or what he did.

• Together, they set off back to the wizard’s house, the pot’s footstep muffled at last.

• “Begone!” cried the son. “What care I for your brat’s warts?” And he slammed the door in the old woman’s face.