Excerpt from Tiger Is King

In “The Tiger Who Would Be King,” the tiger and the tigress share several characteristics. However, they are different in one main way. Which adjective best describes the tigress but not the tiger?

• A. practical
• B. ferocious
• C. boastful
• D. ambitious

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In “The Tiger Who Would Be King,” what is the main cause for the death of so many animals?

• A. They are on the losing side.
• B. They do not want change.
• C. They join in the fight.
• D. They attack the tiger.

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How do you know that “The Tiger Who Would Be King” is a fable?

• A. It contains human characters who act like animals.
• B. It teaches a lesson that is stated as a moral at the end.
• C. It has parts that are funny and parts that are sad.
• D. It has animal characters that talk and act like humans.

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Which details are most important to creating the setting?

• A. One morning the tiger woke up in the jungle
• B. When the moon rose, fevered and gibbous, it shone upon a jungle
• C. Inside the den, the lioness awoke her mate
• D. Both A and B

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What purpose is served by paragraph 4?

• A. to make readers laugh
• B. to explain the effect of the fight
• C. to teach a lesson
• D. to surprise and amaze

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Which details help shape who we know the tiger to be?

• A. His days were numbered and time ticking away
• B. Come out he roared the tiger: greet the king of the beasts

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Which events initiated the conflict?

• the tiger pulled up to the lions house declaring he was the king
• Ill be king of the beasts by the time the moon rises
• Leo charged out of the den to defend his crown

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The setting of the jungle contributes to the theme because the tiger wants to rule over all creatures 

• True
• False

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