The Storyteller by Saki with Vocabulary

The aunt is best described as...

• poor and mistreated

• ordinary and unimaginative

• creative and interesting

• clever and determined

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

All of the following factors make the train ride unbearable for everyone involved except...

• sorrow

• lack of things to do

• boredom

• the humidity and heat

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The children consider the aunt's story unsatisfactory because the...

• girl is dreadfully wicked

• story is too long

• story teaches a boring moral lesson

• children have heard the same story before

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

At the end of the story, the bachelor’s mood is best described as...

• self-satisfied

• apologetic

• thrilled

• unhappy

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

In this story the author is satirizing (make fun of)...

• people who take children on long journeys

• spoiled children who bother other people

• arrogant people who impose their ideas on others

• sentimental and idealistic children’s stories

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The aunt`s stories are boring.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The children were really interested in hearing the stories.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the subject of the aunt`s story?

• Is about a good little boy, who was friendly.

• Is about a bad and misbehaving family.

• Is about a good little girl, who was friendly.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

The bachelor could answer all the children's questions.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The aunt grew frustrated and was unable to respond.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2