Bouki Over the Barrel Comprehension test

What is the central message of "Bouki Over the Barrel"?

• trust your instinct

• don't trick your friends

• cotton is too hard to harvest

• don't work with your friends

What evidence from the story supports your answer from question 1?

• Bouki was so desperate that, against his better judgment, he decided to ask the half-pint hare for help.

• He was so pooped he could barely blink an eye

• Knowing he could hoodwink Bouki quicker than he could sneeze...

• Lapin went pick...pluck....pick....pluck

Which two traits best describes Lapin?

• lazy

• hard worker

• caring

• honest

• smart

What evidence from the story supports your answers for question 3?

• But Lapin him, he'd gotten an extra helping of smarts

• He could find more ways to get out of work than there are fleas on a possum.

• Knowing he could hoodwink Bouki quicker that he could sneeze....

• But he didn't go to any baptism

Which trait describes Bouki?

• lazy

• hard worker

• caring

• honest

What evidence from the story supports your answer from question 5?

• Half had a two in it, and that was smaller than a three

• "Deal", said Lapin, hiding a grin.

• Here's you a sack, and here's me a sack. Let's get to work.

• "oh all right," grubled Bouki.

How do Lapin's family members fit into the events?

• They were not in the story.

• They helped him eat the cake.

• Lapin lied about going to their baptisms.

• They called Lapin their their baptisms.

What evidence from the story supports your answer for #7?

• "I didn't hear nothing," said Bouki.

• There it is again. One of my sisters is calling me to a baptism.

• Lapin dropped his sack and hightailed it out of the field.

• He decided that it was time to get back to cotton picking.

What part came 1st in the story?

• Lapin convinces Bouki that Bouki ate the cake and butter and fell asleep.

• Bouki asks Lapin to help him pick the cotton field.

• Lapin pretends to be needed for baptisms and runs off to eat the cake and butter.

• Lapin tricks Bouki into giving him half of the cotton from the field.

• Lapin goes to the store and buys a barrel of cake and butter to share with Bouki.

What came 2nd in the story?

• Lapin convinces Bouki that Bouki ate the cake and butter and fell asleep.

• Bouki asks Lapin to help him pick the cotton field.

• Lapin pretends to be needed for baptisms and runs off to eat the cake and butter.

• Lapin tricks Bouki into giving him half of the cotton from the field.

• Lapin goes to the store and buys a barrel of cake and butter to share with Bouki.