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One Grain of Rice

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the title of the folktale
a)
One Blade of Grass
b)
One Grain of Rice
c)
One Child in India
2.
Who are the two main characters in the story?
a)
Rani and Raja
b)
The villagers and the palace guard
c)
Raja and the Princess
3.
What is the setting?
a)
In China a long time ago.
b)
In India right now.
c)
In India a long time ago.
4.
What job did the villagers have?
a)
Elephant trainers
b)
Rice farmers
c)
Teachers
5.
Where did the Raja put the rice he collected from his people?
a)
in the palace
b)
in the royal storehouses
c)
in the rice fields
6.
What happened when the rain stopped?
a)
the grass grew
b)
there was famine
c)
the Raja opened the royal storehouses
7.
What happened because of the famine?
(Identify the effect)
a)
the people were hungry
b)
the rice grew
c)
the Raja collected the rice
8.
What did the Raja do with the rice during the famine?
a)
He kept it for himself.
b)
He shared it.
c)
He gave it to his people.
9.
Who got a reward for returning the rice?
a)
The raja
b)
The villagers
c)
Rani
10.
What reward did Rani ask for?
a)
A basket of food
b)
A bag of money
c)
One grain of rice
11.
What happened to the amount of rice Rani got each day from the Raja?
a)
The amount of rice decreased (got smaller)
b)
The amount of rice increased (got bigger)
c)
The amount of rice stayed the same.
12.
At the end of the story, who had all of the rice?
a)
Rani
b)
The Raja
c)
The elephants
13.
What did Rani do at the end of the folktale to show she was a nice person?
a)
She shared the rice with the villagers and the Raja.
b)
She kept all of the rice.
c)
She ate all of the rice.
14.
What did the Raja promise Rani at the end of the folktale?
a)
To be mean and selfish
b)
To be loud and rude
c)
To be wise and fair