Stone Soup

1. The story begins with "Late one evening long ago..." What genre is this story?

• non-fiction
• fairytale
• folktale
• poem

2. The old man visited the village and asked to share food. Did the villagers share food?

• Yes!
• No!

3. Why didn't the villagers share food with the old man?

• Because they were mean.
• Because they were poor.
• Because they thought the old man was a witch.

4. What did the old man pull out of his coat?

• a frying pan
• a knife
• a large pot

5. What did the old man do with the pot?

• He started boiling the water.
• He started cooking stew.
• He started cooking pozole.

6. What else was in the boiling water?

• salt
• iron
• stone

7. What did villagers do? Choose 2.

• The villagers all went home.
• The villagers gathered around.
• The villagers offered food.
• The villagers told the old man to leave the village.

8. Read Paragraph 18 (p. 21). What was the first food that was offered to the Stone Soup?

• a carrot
• meat
• a cabbage

9. Which word does NOT mean similar to the word "delicious"?

• tasty
• beautiful
• yummy

10. At the end, the villagers "begged" the old man to stay. What does it mean?

• The villagers said the old man could stay if he wanted to.
• The villagers asked him to stay.
• The villagers told the old man he couldn't stay.