Grandma and the Great Gourd

Who is the main character in the Folktale, Grandma and the Great Gourd?

• the fox

• Grandma's daughter

• Grandma

• Kalu and Bhulu

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Where does the story take place (setting)?

• In a little village in Mexico

• In a big city in India

• In a little village in India

• In the United States

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All are characteristics of a folktale EXCEPT?

• Traditional Stories from a culture

• has morals or lessons

• always about dogs

• has a happy ending

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Where was Grandma traveling to?

• To visit her dogs

• To visit her daughter

• To visit the jungle animals

• To India

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What was the first jungle animal Grandma encountered?

• Bear

• Fox

• Tiger

• Dogs

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Where does the setting take place when Grandma first meets the fox?

• Grandma's house

• the jungle

• inside the gourd

• Grandma's daughter's house

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Why did the author include this description of what the shaggy black bear was doing when Grandma encountered him?                                                          

"Flexing his claws, and sharpening them on a nearby rock."                                  

• To show that the bear was dangerous

• To show how the bear sharpens his claws

• To show that bears and humans are similar

• To show that Grandma was afraid of the bear

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How do you know that Grandma solved the problem of the bear planning to have her for lunch?

• He let her go

• He ran away

• He ate her

• He wasn’t fooled

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What problem did Grandma face on her trip back to her house?

•  she was skinny and animals wanted to eat her

• she missed her dogs very much

• she was worried that her garden was destroyed

• she is plump and can no longer trick the animals with words

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What solution did Grandma and her daughter come up with to get her back home safely?

• she ran through the jungle

•  hid her inside a big gourd

• she tricked all the animals with words

• hid her inside a cart full of coconuts

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