The Fisherman and the Genie

What does the word ventured mean as it is used in paragraph 1?

• To go somewhere

• to make something

• to eat something

Why did the fisherman go out?

• to catch food for his family

• to find the genie

• to run away

• to make a wish

How did the genie's mood change over 200 years?

• From bitter to relieved

• from irritated to bitter

• from having plans to make whomever freed him happy to bitter

• from relieved to extravagant

How did the genie feel after be released from the jar?

• annoyed

• relieved

• happy

• sad

What does the word persisted mean as it is used in paragraph 1?

• to finish

• to continue

• to stop

• to create

"It sparkled in the sun like a sack of new pennies." What is being described in paragraph 2?

• the jar

• the fishermen's net

• the genie

• the boat

What did the old man expect after releasing the genie from the jar?

• his wishes to be granted

• to free the fish of the sea

• to eat tons of fish

What did the genie plan on giving the fisherman?

• bad luck

• power and riches

• a new net to capture fish

• money and endless seafood

If aged fisherman had of met the genie two hundred years ago, what would have happened?

• The genie would have granted him power and riches.

• The genie would have given him bad luck.

• The genie would have ran away from him.

• The genie would have been annoyed.

What did the fisherman do at the end of the story?

• He tricked the genie back into the jar and threw him back into the sea.

• He made 3 wishes and threw the genie back into the sea.

• He made the genie change his mind about being bitter.