The Day it Rained Tortillas

1. What is the setting of the story?

• a. New Mexico
• b. Mexico
• c. Spain
• d. Arizona

2. Which event happens first in the story?

• a. The woodcutter's wife sends him to town to buy flower.
• b. The woodcutter goes to school.
• c. The woodcutter's wife makes tortillas.
• d. The woodcutter finds three bags of gold.

3. What causes the woodcutter's wife to worry?

• a. She runs out of flour to make tortillas.
• b. She needs to find a good hiding spot for the gold.
• c. She is afraid the robbers will find her husband.
• d. She does not have time to fix the hole in the roof.

4. Part of the problem in the story is caused by the woodcutter because he ____________.

• a. babbled too much
• b. does not know where to stash the tortillas
• c. snatched the gold off the porch
• d. advised the wife to fix the roof

5. The woodcutter's wife makes piles of tortillas because ________________.

• a. she knows the woodcutter loves tortillas and eats lots of them
• b. she wants the woodcutter to think that it rained tortillas
• c. she wants to have enough tortillas to feed to the robbers
• d. she spent all the gold on flour to make the tortillas

6. Which word best describes the woodcutter?

• a. brave
• b. clever
• c. talkative
• d. furious

7. Which word from the story helps readers understand the meaning of the word furious?

• a. silly
• b. calmly
• c. knocking
• d. angry

8. What happens after it rains tortillas?

• a. The woodcutter tells people in town about the gold.
• b. The woodcutter goes to town to buy flour.
• c. The woodcutter goes to school.
• d. The woodcutter buries the gold.

9. The woodcutter tells the robbers ________________.

• a. the gold disappeared the day it rained tortillas
• b. they should go to school to learn how it can rain tortillas
• c. that he needs their help to fix his roof
• d. that his wife makes the best tortillas in town

10. The woodcutter's wife solves the problem in the story _________________________.

• a. by making the robbers believe that it rained tortillas
• b. by calling the police and reporting the robbers
• c. by giving the gold back to the robbers
• d. by making the robbers think they can't believe what the woodcutter says