The Gold Coin

Why is Juan looking for Doña Josefa?

• He needs her to deliver a baby.

• He wants to know about her magic coin.

• He is sick and needs a healer.

• He wants to find all of her gold.

On page 62, Juan anxiously asks how he can get across the river. What does the word anxiously suggest about how Juan feels?

• He feels confident about catching up to Doña Josefa.

• He feels shy about asking the strangers for help.

• He feels worried about catching up to Doña Josefa.

• He feels pleased to have met the strangers.

What happens right before Juan is taken by boat across the river?

• He shares a home-cooked meal.

• He gathers squash and beans.

• He notices the beautiful sunrise.

• He sees Doña Josefa leave her hut.

On page 68, what happens that makes Juan smile for the first time in a long time?

• A man and his son share their home-cooked meal.

• Doña Josefa helps some people who are sick.

• He spends a day working beneath the summer sun.

• A little girl shows him a family of rabbits.

On page 70, which sentence from the story best supports the idea that Juan does not want to leave Don Teodosio’s farm?

• But here, too, there was work that needed to be done.

• Juan found it difficult to have to say goodbye.

• The next morning, Juan was up at daybreak.

• Juan stayed to help with the coffee harvest.

On page 72, Doña Josefa looks at Juan intently. What does the word intently suggest about the way she is looking at him?

• She is looking at him with little understanding.

• She is looking at him with great attention.

• She is looking at him with great kindness.

• She is looking at him with little interest.

What is this story mainly about?

• how Juan learns to help others

• how different crops are harvested

• how Doña Josefa is a wonderful healer

• how many people are in need of money

At the beginning of the story, why is Juan’s skin pale and sickly?

• He is feeling unwell.

• He has been working too hard.

• He is scared of something.

• He has not been eating properly.

• None of these answers are correct.

Doña Josefa gives Juan a gold coin. What is one reason she might have done this?

• She thought he must be the one who needed it.

• She wanted to test his honesty.

• She wanted to trick him into thinking she was rich.

• She wanted to see if he would return it.