Reading Quiz: Wise Old Woman

The passage below (paragraph 3) suggests that the villagers don’t stand up against their cruel lord mainly because _________.

“What a dreadful decree! What a cruel and unreasonable lord we have,” the people of the village murmured. But the lord fearfully punished anyone who disobeyed him, and so villagers who turned seventy-one were tearfully carried into the mountains, never to return.

• A. they generally agree with most of his decisions

• B. they are afraid of him doing something even crueler

• both A and B

• neither A and B

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

What event most strongly causes the son to have a change of heart about leaving his mother in the mountains?

• He realizes that she will probably die in the mountains.

• He sees her leaving a trail of twigs so he can find his way back.

  
  

• He decides that he wants to teach the cruel young lord a lesson.

• She is the only one who can solve Lord Higa’s first demand.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is most closely the meaning of the word spare as it is used in the following passage (paragraph 19)?

“Only one thing can spare you,” Lord Higa announced. “Bring me a box containing one thousand ropes of ash and I will spare your village.”

• noun | an identical item that is kept and used in the event another is lost

• verb | to give or lend something without inconvenience

• verb | to save from punishment or destruction

• adjective | additional; beyond what is required for use

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following most closely identifies the second challenge Lord Higa gives to the village?

• To thread a single piece of silk through log holes

• To find a silver chest full of pieces of gold

• To build a drum that sounds without being beaten

• To find a box containing one thousand ropes of ash

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Which of the following most closely identifies the third challenge Lord Higa gives to the village?

• To thread a single piece of silk through log holes

• To find a silver chest full of pieces of gold

• To build a drum that sounds without being beaten

• To find a box containing one thousand ropes of ash

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Who said it?

“‘Even in such a small village there is much wisdom,’ he declared, ‘and its people should be allowed to live in peace.’”

• the young lord

• Lord Higa

• the mother

• the farmer

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who said it?

“‘You will always be in my thoughts.’”

• the people of the village

• the mother

• the farmer

• Lord Higa

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who said it?

“‘You are far wiser than any of the wise men of the village,’ he said, and he hurried to tell the young lord how to meet Lord Higa’s third demand.”

• the young lord

• the mother

• the people of the village

• the farmer

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who said it?

“‘What good is your wisdom if you cannot help me now?’”

• Lord Higa

• the young lord

• the mother

• the farmer

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Identify what happens first in the story:

• The son hides his mother in a secret room in his house.

• The young lord asks the son how he was able to solve all of Lord Higa’s puzzles.

• The young lord declares that anyone older than 71 years of age must be taken to the mountains to die.

• Lord Higa threatens to conquer the small village where the son and his mother live.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3