A Legend of the Wooden Shoes

Choose one of the statements that should be included in an accurate summary of the passage.

• The oak trees in Holland were used for food, building houses and boats, and for leather.

• A carpenter is upset over the loss of the forests in his country.

• The carpenter imagines designs for the tools from his dream and asks the blacksmith to recreate them.

• Magical tree sprites create wooden clogs for the carpenter that he then learns to make and sell.

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How does the phrase "bitterly mourned" in paragraph 3 impact the tone of the passage?

• by creating an apologetic tone

• by illustrating an exhausted tone

• by establishing a sever tone

• by establishing a hopeless tone

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Read the sentence from paragraph 7.

Then the two laughed-their laughter was as pretty as the sound of a tiny chiming bell-and vanished.

What is the effect of the simile?

• to contrast the carpenter's poor attitude to the tree sprites' moods

• to illustrate the humor the tree sprites find in the situation

• to show the small size of the tree sprites

• to emphasize the otherworldly nature of the tree sprites

PART A: How does the carpenter change throughout the passage?

• from ashamed to accepting

• from disorganized to organized

• from sorrowful to optimistic

• from unaware to knowledgeable

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PART B: Which quotation supports the answer chosen in part A?

• "We know how sad you are, added the tree elf, but the oak has a message of hope." (paragraph 6)

• How can this be? the carpenter wondered." (paragraph 9)

• "puzzled, the carpenter nonetheless did as he was told." (paragraph 15)

• "When he returned home, he went to his woodshed and prepared the two lengths of wood." (paragraph 15)

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How does the author develop the point of view of the carpenter in the passage?

• by using the tree sprites to ask questions that he must answer

• by describing how the wooden shoes would save him and his family

• by using dialogue with the tree sprites to reveal his internal struggle

• by drawing a comparison between his feelings and the cutting down of the trees

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