The Golden Flower Test

What is the genre for The Golden Flower?

• myth

• realistic fiction

In the beginning of the world, what was so different than the world now?

• there was no water anywhere on earth

• people lived in tree houses

• animals ruled the land

What did the child collect in his pouch?

• seeds

• gummi bears

• magic coins

• flowers

What color were the flower's petals?

• green

• pink

• golden

• blue

Which word means about the same thing as the word murmuring?

• whispering

• screaming

• shouting

One man thought that the golden ball would give him the power of the _______.

• sun

• earth

• moon

• stars

What poured out of the pumpkin when it broke open?

• waves of water

• golden slime

• a grandma from a gourd

What caused the magical garden to grow high on top of the mountain?

• The wind had blown seeds on top of the mountain.

• The boy planted the seeds at the top of the mountain.

• All the people planted seeds at the top of the mountain.

• The rippling waves pushed the seeds onto the top of the mountain.

Why did the men put their fears aside and run up the mountainside towards the golden ball?

• They both wanted the respect of the village people.

• They both want the power they think the golden ball has.

• They both thought owning the ball would make them king.

• None of the Above.

Now that the people had water, what could they do?

• Drink from the cool streams

• Splash in the rippling waves

• Gather fish from the flowing tides and plant their crops

• All of the Above.