How The Rhinoceros Got His Skin

The author most likely wrote this passage to -

• describe the real way rhinos got their wrinkles

• share a funny way rhinos got their wrinkly skin

• compare rhinos to humans

• explain details about life in a forest

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

From whose point of view is the story being told?

• the rhino

• the man

• an outside observer/someone outside the story

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What lesson should the rhino mostly learn from this story?

• itching makes you wrinkly

• don't trust humans

• don't take your skin off to take a bath

• don't take something that isn't yours

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

"the rhino's skin fit tightly like a snug suit with no wrinkles." The author included this simile to-

• understand why rhino got wrinkles in his skin

• recognize the tightness of the rhino's skin

• help picture the rhino at the beginning of the story

• add figurative language to the passage

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

How did the rhino change from the beginning to the end of the story?

• In the beginning, he was happy. In the end, he was angry.

• In the beginning, he was hungry. In the end, he was wrinkly.

• In the beginning, his skin was tight. In the end, his skin was wrinkly.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Which of the following settings from the story had the greatest impact to the plot?

• The forest because that's where the rhino rubbed on the trees.

• The beach because that's where the man put the crumbs in the rhino's skin.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Which sentence shows that the stove was important to the man?

• "with nothing but his hat and his knife and a cooking-stove. . "

• "One day he ... made himself one cake"

• the Parsee lived by the Red Sea

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CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

How do the illustrations help the author tell the story?

• It shows how itchy the rhino is.

• It shows the progression of the rhino's skin changing from tight to wrinkly

• It shows that the rhino lived in the forest.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

When the rhino first came into the man's camp, the man felt...

• friendly

• fearful

• bored

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.3.1