The Husband and Wife

What is the setting of the story?

• a large city

• in the village

• A small plain hut at the top of a hill.

• the forest

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

What kind of figurative language is "as busy as a bee"?

• alliteration

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

What does the phrase "They were as busy as a bee cleaning and cooking" mean in this text?

• They were working hard and had much to do.

• They were being lazy about their work.

• They did not have very much to do.

• They were unsure of what to do.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What does the work "unlike" mean in the text?

• someone who likes

• not kind

• to like again

• not like

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

What happens after the husband and wife welcome the strangers into their home?

• They make a wish.

• They give them all the food they had cooked for Zeus.

• They clean and cook for Zeus's visit.

• They travel for a long time.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is the theme of the story?

• Be careful what you wish for.

• Always keep your home clean for visitors.

• Treat everyone with kindness. You never know what good will come of it.

• Never trust strangers.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

What does the word "endless" mean in this text?

• without end

• with another end

• full of endings

• in a way that ends

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What does the word "disappeared" mean as it is used in the text?

• to appear again

• someone who appears

• to show up

• the opposite of appear

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

What happens at the end of the story?

• Zeus visits the husband and wife.

• The husband and wife live on as trees.

• The husband and wife move into a castle.

• The husband and wife let strangers into their house.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

The stranger was in disguise, or pretending to be someone else. Who was he really?

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9