How the Animals Got Their Beautiful Coats

What does the storyteller say in Scene 1 that hints at what the play will be aboutl?

• The zebra had stripes.

• The leopard is kind to the tortoise.

• The tortoise will make the leopard beautiful.

• Hyena was both drab and mean.

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How do the events of Scene 2 build on the events of Scene 1?

• The tortoise promises to make the leopard beautiful in Scene 1, and he keeps his promise in Scene2.

• The hyena plays a trick on the tortoise in Scene 1, and the tortoise makes plans to get even in Scene 2.

• The leopard saves the tortoise in Scene 1 and the tortoise saves the zebra in Scene 2.

• The tortoise makes the leopard beautiful in Scene 1, and the zebra becomes jealous of the leopard in Scene 2.

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What is the meaning of blotched in Scene 3?

• coated in mud

• tangled in weeds

• covered with patches of color

• wet and slimy

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How did the leopard help the tortoise?

• He gave him his food.

• He lowered him from the tree and untied him.

• He gave him his bed.

• He gave him gifts.

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How did the tortoise repay the leopard?

• He did all his chores.

• He cooked his meals.

• He painted his coat from flower petals.

• He bought him gifts.

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What did the tortoise do for the zebra?

• Take a picture

• Give him stripes.

• Calll his mom.

• Feed him fruit.

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How did the hyena threaten the tortoise?

• to hang him from the tree again

• throw him in the lake

• stomp on him

• lock him up

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CCSS.RL.1.6

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How did tortoise paint the hyena?

• green

• purple

• with mixed colors and smeared all over.

• with stripes

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