The Lazy Boy: A Kachari Folktale Quiz

Which of the following sayings best describes a theme of the text?

• Procrastination is the thief of time

• Waste not, want not

• Wasting time is robbing oneself

• Your hand can seize today, but not tomorrow

PART A: Which of the following best describes the central conflict in the story?

• Man versus Wisdom -- the boy versus his inexperience

• Man versus Society - the boy versus the old man/men

• Man versus Nature – the boy versus time

• Man versus Nature – the boy versus crops

PART B: Support your answer to Part A with evidence from the text.

PART A: What is meant by the phrase “the season is gone”?

• The planting season is over and any planting done now will likely fail to grow.

• The planting season has literally left, as if a person.

• The planting season is over and the people will soon cultivate their crops.

• This was the last planting season; it is never coming back.

PART B: How does the boy understand what is meant by “the season is gone”?

• He doesn’t understand it at all.

• He interprets it literally.

• He believes the old man has taken it.

• He interprets it figuratively.

Which of the following best describes how the story utilizes personification to further its central idea?

• It personifies the planting season (or time, in general) as an old man, who refuses to return the season, thus furthering the idea that time cannot be manipulated or pleaded with.

• It personifies the planting season (or time, in general) as an old man, who refuses to return the season, thus furthering the idea that nature waits for no one.

• It personifies the planting season (or time, in general) as an old man, who refuses to return the season, thus furthering the idea that idle youth is no match for a wizened work ethic.

• All of the above