Section 3 Quiz "Lapin Plays Possum"

What is the lesson of “Lapin Plays Possum”?

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• Accept help when it is offered. 

• If you work hard, you will be rewarded.

• Getting tricked can lead to new friends. 

• Be careful what you ask for. 

Which line from the text best supports your answer to Part A?

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• “. . . Lapin showed up come planting time talking about making another deal . . .”

• “'I’m right glad to see you,’ said Lapin. ‘I done harvested the grain heads off my rice crop.’”

• “Bouki vowed to have nothing to do with Lapin, not ever again.”

• “‘You’re just in time neighbor,’ said Lapin . . . ‘We just finished picking all that good-for-nothing corn . . . I left you just what you wanted—some nice fat tassels and some big strong roots.’”

“To his surprise, he found that rabbit stretched out under a mimosa tree, drinking a mint julep and overseeing his cousins and nieces and nephews as they hoed the field.”

Think about the excerpt from “Lapin Plays Possum.” Write a paragraph that explains what this clue tells the reader about Lapin. Be sure to use evidence from the excerpt to support your response.

“Bouki vowed to have nothing to do with Lapin, not ever again. So the next year, Bouki farmed his land all by his lonesome. He plowed and he planted, he weeded and he hoed. Every once in a while, Lapin would drop by . . . ‘Need some help?’ he’d ask. ‘Not from you,’ Bouki answered.” 

Part A:

What does the excerpt tell you about Bouki’s character? 

• He is determined.

• He is lazy.

•  He is lonely.

• He is mean. 

Part B:

Which part of the text best supports your answer to Part A?

• “Bouki vowed to have nothing to do with Lapin, not ever again.”

• “. . . Bouki farmed his land all by his lonesome.”

• “. . . Lapin would drop by . . . ‘Need some help?’ he’d ask.”

• “‘Not from you,’ Bouki answered.”

Read each meaning on the left and match the correct Cajun expression. 

Bouki had a lot of cash to spend, and he was very hungry. So what did Bouki do??

• "... kept him fat and sassy of the spring bees.

• "all that money was blowing a hole in Bouki's pocket just about the time that hunger started knocking on his belly"

• "... blowing off steam like a locomotive"

Read each meaning on the left and match the correct Cajun expression.

There were so many sweet potatoes that Lapin had enough food for awhile.

• "Blowing of steam like a locomotive"

• "... kept him fat and sassy till the buzzing of the spring bees"

• "all that money was blowing a hole in Bouki's pocket just about the time that hunger started knocking on his belly"

Read each meaning on the left and match the correct Cajun expression. 

Bouki is very angry.

• "...keep him fat and sassy till the buzzing of the spring bees"

• "all that money was blowing a hole in Bouki's pocket just about the time that hunger started knocking on his belly"

• "..blowing off steam like a locomotive"