My Rows and Piles of Coins: Comprehension Questions

What is the GENRE of My Rows and Piles of Coins?

• informative

• tall tale

• fable

• realistic fiction

Who is the main character in this story?

• Murete

• Yeyo

• Saruni

• the man selling bicycles

What is the main character's goal?

• He wants to earn enough money to buy his mother a new scarf.

• He wants to see bicycles at the market.

• He wants to earn enough money to buy his own bicycle.

• He wants to buy a motorbike.

How did Saruni earn money?

• He helped his mother at the market every week.

• He delivered newspapers.

• He ran errands for the neighbors.

• He got an allowance every week.

How did Saruni arrange his coins when he counted them?

• He put the coins in one long row.

• He put the coins in piles and piles in rows.

• He stacked the coins in one big pile.

• He put them in his piggy bank.

Who was helping Saruni learn to ride a bike?

• his mother

• his father

• the man at the market

• his friend

Why didn't Saruni's family go to market in March?

• They were too busy taking care of gardens and crops.

• There was nothing to sell at the market.

• The heavy rains made the ground too muddy.

• The market was closed for a month.

How did Saruni feel when he took his three hundred and five coins to the market?

• He was worried that he would lose his coins.

• He felt like a king who could buy anything.

• He felt sad that his coins would be spend and he couldn't count them anymore.

• He felt confused, and couldn't decide what to buy.

How did Saruni feel after the man selling bicycles laughed at him because his money was not enough to buy a bicycle?

• He felt deeply disappointed.

• He felt angry.

• He felt sad enough to cry.

• He felt sure he would be able to buy a bike.

Why did Saruni walk his bike to the market the next Saturday after he got it?

• He was afraid he would tip over with the heavy load.

• The ground was too muddy to ride his bike.

• Murete told him he couldn't ride it until he was older.

• Yeyo was carrying a heavy load and couldn't keep up.