Poetry and Folktales Review

TEKS 5.7D

What is the best summary of the story?

• A peasant finds a bag of money behind a fish market and returns it to a merchant for a reward. The merchant refuses to pay the reward. The peasant goes to the prince and tells his story. The merchant also tells his story. The bag is supposed to have 1,000 coins but has only 900. The prince listens to both the peasant and the merchant.

• After losing a bag of money, a merchant promises a reward of 100 coins for its return. When the bag is returned by a peasant, the merchant tries to avoid paying the reward by saying the peasant took some of the money. They both go before a Romanian prince. The prince uses the merchant’s statements against him to reward the peasant.

• One day a Romanian prince asks a peasant and a merchant to appear in his chambers to talk about a bag of money. The merchant says the peasant took some money out of the bag. The prince can tell that the merchant is greedy. He holds up the money bag. It is made of leather just like other money bags. The prince says the bag does not belong to the merchant.

• A merchant travels to Romania, where he loses a bag of money. He says that he will give 100 coins to the person who finds it. A peasant finds the bag and returns it to the merchant. The merchant tells the peasant that the bag is missing the reward money. The peasant says that he did not take any money out of the bag. The prince gives the bag of money to the peasant.

TEKS 5.6F

Which sentence from the story hints that the merchant plans to trick the peasant?

• Each time the merchant came to a crossroads, he told everyone that he would give one hundred lei to anyone who found the money.

• The merchant trusted no one, so he went aside to count the money.

• To his surprise, all one thousand coins were still in the bag.

• He wondered how he could get out of his promise and still appear to be fair.

TEKS 5.3A

Which word or words from paragraph 8 help the reader understand the meaning of the word departed?

• hope you enjoy your reward

• ignored the peasant’s words

• Thank you again

• good-bye

TEKS 5.6F

Based on the poem, what can the reader conclude about the speaker’s past behavior?

• The speaker usually acts in a way that pleases the parents.

• The speaker has tried a similar approach to get out of trouble before.

• The speaker defends the little sister even when she is wrong.

• The speaker has difficulty remembering the family rules.

TEKS 5.6F

Why does the poem begin and end with the same line?

• To emphasize the speaker’s feelings about the situation

• To foreshadow a problem the speaker has

• To show the frustration of the speaker’s family members

• To highlight a change in the way the speaker feels about the little sister

TEKS 5.6E

How is the point of view in the poem different from that of the story?

• Only the poem focuses on the thoughts of just one character.

• Only the poem describes the motivation of a main character.

• Only the poem shows the actions of just one character.

• Only the poem explains how each character becomes involved in the situation.

What is an idea that is expressed in BOTH the poem and the folk tale. Use text evidence to support your answer.