Zlateh the Goat

How does the hay help Zlateh and Aaron?

• It keeps them warm and gives Zlateh food.

• Aaron uses the hay to build a fire to keep the warm.

• They can both eat the hay.

• Aaron weaves the hay into warm blankets.

In “Zlateh the Goat,” why is Reuven the furrier having a bad year?

• His eyesight is failing.

• It is a mild winter and the villagers do not need his furs.

• His farm suffers from the drought.

• His wife and children are sick.

What does this passage from “Zlateh the Goat” tell you about how family members feel about the selling of the goat? His mother wiped the tears from her eyes when she heard the news. Aaron’s younger sisters cried loudly.

• The family is angry at Reuven.

• The family is very sorry to sell Zlateh.

• The family is very upset at Aaron.

• The family does not need a goat.

In “Zlateh the Goat,” why can you infer that the family is sorry to sell Zlateh?

• The mother and sisters cry when the goat leaves.

• The family will not allow Aaron to take the goat.

• The family will not speak to Reuven because they are so upset.

• Leah tells the goat that they are sorry.

Which detail from “Zlateh the Goat” helps you infer that, before he finds shelter, Aaron is in danger?

• The sun was shining when Aaron left the village.

• At first Zlateh didn’t seem to mind the change in weather.

• This was no ordinary storm. It was a mighty blizzard.

• Suddenly he made out the shape of a hill.

What can you infer about Aaron from this sentence from “Zlateh the Goat”? In his twelve years Aaron had seen all kinds of weather, but he had never experienced a snow like this one.

• Aaron has never seen snow before in his life.

• Aaron has lost all hope of surviving in a snowstorm.

• Aaron wishes he lived in a tropical climate.

• Aaron is surprised and perhaps bewildered by the intensity of the blizzard.

What can you infer about Aaron from this passage from “Zlateh the Goat”? He was alone, cut off from his family, and wanted to talk. He began to talk to Zlateh.

• Aaron feels silly because he is talking to a goat.

• Aaron feels that Zlateh is a member of the family.

• Aaron has begun to hallucinate because he is hungry.

• Aaron is bored and has nothing else to do.

How does Aaron’s family react when Aaron and Zlateh come home?

• They are angry with Aaron for getting lost.

• They are sorry that Aaron didn’t sell Zlateh.

• They are surprised to learn that there had been a blizzard.

• They are overjoyed and grateful to Zlateh for saving Aaron.

Aaron’s main internal conflict in “Zlateh the Goat” is between

• his desire to obey his father and his love for Zlateh.

• his love for his father and his love for his mother.

• his desire for money and his love for Zlateh.

• his fear of his father and his fear of dying.

What is the greatest external conflict caused by the snowstorm in “Zlateh the Goat”?

• Aaron can’t find his way to Feivel’s house in the snow.

• Without shelter, Aaron will freeze to death.

• Aaron cannot make Zlateh walk in the snow.

• Aaron and Zlateh are hungry and have no food to eat.