Legend of Nian

What is the main problem in the story?

• No one believed that the old man could scare Nian.

• A dragon looks for people to eat each year.

• Nian was afraid of noise and the color red.

Nian, the dragon, is a in the story.

• character

• setting

• plot

The old man is a ______ in the story.

• character

• setting

• plot

How is the old man different from the other people

in this story?

• The old man does not believe the dragon is real.

• The old man does not live in China.

• The old man is not afraid of the dragon.

Which of the following are characters in the story?

• the old man and a cat

• Nian and the old man

• twin girls and a dragon

Readers of this book learn that the Chinese people use fireworks and the color red on which holiday?

• Fourth of July

• Christmas

• New Year

What country does this story take place in?

• Colombia

• The United States

• China

What things did the old man leave for the people from the village before he left? There are 3 answers.

• firecrackers

• red shirts

• tin pans and sticks

• yellow shirts

During what season did the dragon come out to eat people?

• summer

• winter

• spring

• fall

Did Nian come out at the beginning or end of winter?

• beginning

• end