Cars and Stars Pretest 3

1) An appropriate title for the fable is:

• "A Trip to Market"

• "Life in Ancient Greece"

• "Unkind Strangers"

• "A Painful Lesson"

2) Who told the man and his boy that they should be ashamed of themselves?

• a man in the crowd near the market

• one of two women they passed

• a countryman they met along the way

• and old man who had seed all that had happened

3) Which of these occurred second?

• The boy and the man both rode the donkey

• The man rode the donkey

• The boy rode the donkey

• The donkey walked beside the boy and the man

4)At the beginning of the fable, the countryman said that the man and his boy were fools because

• they were overloading their donkey

• they weren't riding the donkey

• they were mistreating the donkey

• they were carrying the donkey

5) A woman compared the boy to a

• hulking brute

• lazy lout

• contented king

• bound slave

6) Predict how the man and boy will most likely react next time they are given advice by strangers.

• They will follow whatever advice they are given

• They will ignore advice from all strangers

• They will listen to only the first stranger they encounter

• They will follow the advice of only the last stranger

7) The word ENCOUNTERED in paragraph 5 means

• "laughed at"

• "battled with"

• "noticed"

• "came upon"

8) There is enough information in the fable to show that

• the boy was afraid to speak up to his father

• the donkey never would have fallen into the river if the boy was stronger

• the man and his son have difficulty thinking for themselves

• most strangers are eager to provide unwanted advice

9) Which of these is an opinion

• Some people thought that the man and his boy overloaded the donkey.

• The countryman should have kept his remarks to himself.

• The donkey fell into the river and was drowned

• The man and the boy were laughed at as they approached the town.

10) The fable was written mainly to

• teach a lesson about trying to accommodate the wishes of others.

• describe life in ancient Greece.

• instruct others on good manners.

• entertain readers with a humorous tale from the ancient world.