How the character reacts to events stone soups

What challenge does the traveler face when he first comes to the town?

• He is tired and needs a place to spend the night.

• He knocks on a door and a young woman holding a baby answers.

• He is hungry and hopes someone will give him food.

• He wants to fix a dinner but doesn't have a pot.

Which sentence sentence from paragraph 1 BEST tells about the challenge that the traveler faces when he first comes to the town?

• A long time ago, a tired traveler walked into a small village.

• He was hungry and stopped at the first house he saw to ask for some food.

• He knocked, and a young woman holding a baby opened the door.

What is the challenge the traveler faces when no one will help him?

• He has to find wood so that he can build a fire to keep warm.

• He needs to learn how to make friends with everyone in town first.

• He has to walk to another town where people might be kinder to him.

• He must find a new way to get people to share their food with him.

Why does the traveler keep putting his nose over the pot and breathing in?

• to make the people think he is cooking something tasty

• to make the people want to make their own soup

• to make the people angry that they won't get any soup

• to make the people sad that they didn't help him

What do you learn about the traveler from the way he faces his challenge?

• He is clever because he gets people to choose to help him.

• He is lazy because he has other people do his work for him.

• He is unhappy because he is too poor to buy his own food.

• He is proud because he knows more about cooking than others.

Read the sentence from the passage:

The villagers ran to their homes.

The word "village" means "a small town." What is the BEST meaning of the word "villagers?"

• people who eat soup in a small town

• people who work in a small town

• people who live in a small town

• people who help others in a small town