A Day in the Country

A little beggar-girl, aged 6, who was looking for the cobbler for help.

• Danilka

• Terenty

• Fyokla

• Silanty

The tall old man with a thin, pock-marked face, very long legs and bare feet whom Fyokla is looking for.

• Silanty Silitch

• Terenty

• Danilka

• Father

Brother of Fyokla whom stuck his hand in the hole of a tree.

• Danilka

• Silanty

• Sparrow

• Young man

He used to be a cobbler in his early age. A cobbler means_____

• house painter

• house boy

• creator

• shoemaker

Danilka and Fyokla are orphans who lived in a deserted barn. Orphan means ___________

• abandoned

• alone

• loved

• valued

In the story, two birds are being compared. A nightingale that is a singing bird and ____________ that is bad and spiteful bird.

• dove

• eagle

• maya

• sparrow

What is the time setting of the story?

• Between eight and nine in the morning

• Between eight and nine in the evening

• Twelve noon

• Six in the evening

Fyokla leads Terenty into a thicket. A thicket means _____

• a dense of growth bushes

• prairie

• deserted area

• cleared place

The moral lesson of the story A Day in the Country is to not take for granted the wonderful things in nature.

• TRUE

• FALSE

In the modern days, people have been too preoccupied with technology that they forget to appreciate the benefits and wonders of nature.

• TRUE

• FALSE