WorksheetsGreyling
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 44mins
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Class
Date
1.
Who is the author of "Greyling"?
a)
Roald Dahl
b)
Jane Yolen
c)
Dr. Suess
d)
J.K. Rowling
2.
The fisherman and his wife wanted nothing except a ______________.
a)
New cottage
b)
Fishing boat
c)
Child to love
d)
Pet dog
3.
The fisherman found and wrapped a/an ____________ in his shirt and carefully took it home to his wife.
a)
Baby
b)
Bear cub
c)
Otter
d)
Seal pup
4.
Greyling stood by the shore longing for something, but he did not know what.
What was Greyling longing for?
What was Greyling longing for?
a)
His lost father
b)
An amazing adventure
c)
His true home in the sea
d)
His long lost sister
5.
While the villagers watched all they saw was a boy diving into the water, then farther out a large seal swimming toward the boat that wallowed in the sea.
What happened to the boy?
What happened to the boy?
a)
He sloughed his skin and became a seal
b)
He got hurt on the rocks and lay quietly in the beach
c)
The sea swallowed him up
d)
His mother punished him for jumping in the water.
6.
"Now the fisherman was also sad that they had no child but he kept his sorrow to himself...".
Why did he hide his own sorrow?
Why did he hide his own sorrow?
a)
So his wife would not double her grief knowing he was sad.
b)
So the villagers wouldn't know he was sad.
c)
So that no one bothered him
d)
Because he didn't like the way people looked at him for feeling sorry for himself.
7.
Greyling was never allowed to go into the ____________.
a)
Fishing boat
b)
Sea
c)
Village
d)
Cottage
8.
When the fisherman came home with the seal pup wrapped in his shirt and he gave it to his wife, "She uncovered the wrapping and gave a loud cry."
Why did she cry loudly?
Why did she cry loudly?
a)
She thought she dropped it
b)
There was a child, not a seal pup in the shirt
c)
The pup was all bruised and injured
d)
The seal pup wasn't breathing
9.
"It's a _________________", the fisherman cried. "I have heard of them, they are men upon the land and seals in the sea."
a)
Selchie
b)
Seal Pup
c)
Human baby
d)
Sea Lion
10.
The setting for "Greyling" is...
a)
A small fishing village in Scotland
b)
A large city near the sea
c)
Mountains overlooking a lake
d)
The mouth of a big river
11.
On the day of the big storm, the fisherman in his boat, struggled to stay afloat as the boat ___________ in the rough waves.
a)
Wallowed
b)
Floated
c)
Danced
d)
Sheared
12.
The fisherman's wife and villagers hurried down to the sand after Greyling dove off the cliffs, but they did not find the boy, all they found were his...
a)
Jacket and boots
b)
Blanket and hat
c)
Shirt and shoes
d)
Seal skin and teeth
13.
In the beginning of the story Jane Yolen created a ___________ mood when she described the fisherman and his wife's problem.
a)
Happy
b)
Sad
c)
Silly
d)
Frightened
14.
When the fisherman found Greyling, and brought him home to his wife, the mood changed to one of
a)
Excitement
b)
Fun
c)
Fear
d)
Anxiety
15.
The fisherman brought the seal put home hoping to end his wife's deep sadness, and pain.
In this sentence what is another word that can replace the phrase in red.
In this sentence what is another word that can replace the phrase in red.
a)
Selchie
b)
Sheared
c)
Kin
d)
Grief
16.
"As Greyling disappeared beneath the waves ...even his skin seemed to", peel off "until he swam free at last".
What is another word for the red words in this sentence?
What is another word for the red words in this sentence?
a)
Slough
b)
Dry
c)
Shear
d)
Grief
17.
After Greyling left, the fisherman said to his wife, " Yes quite gone. Gone where his heart calls, gone to the great wide sea. And though my heart grieves at his leaving, it tells me this way is best."
What did the fisherman mean by "this way is best"
What did the fisherman mean by "this way is best"
a)
Greyling belongs to the sea
b)
Now he must learn to care for himself.
c)
Greyling has finally gotten what he has longed for
d)
All of the above
18.
Does Greyling ever return to the fisherman and his wife?
a)
Yes, once a year
b)
Yes, every holiday
c)
No, he left for good
d)
No, he dies in the end
19.
The fisherman's wife and the townsmen watched from the steep, cut off cliffs as Greyling dove into the ocean to rescue the fisherman.
In this sentence, the word ________ can replace the phrase in red.
In this sentence, the word ________ can replace the phrase in red.
a)
Slough
b)
Grief
c)
Wallowed
d)
Sheared
20.
Other than each other the fisherman and his wife have no family to call their own.
What word can replace family?
What word can replace family?
a)
Selchie
b)
Slough
c)
Kin
d)
Grief
21.
Why does Greyling return to the fisherman and his wife once a year?
a)
To tell them tales of lands far away.
b)
To sing songs of wonders beneath the sea.
c)
To show off his own seal pups
d)
Both 1 and 2
22.
After the fisherman found Greyling and brought him home the fisherman's wife said, "He shall remain a man upon the land", and the fisherman agreed, "Yet in his heart, he felt somehow it was wrong."
This is an example of what type of conflict?
This is an example of what type of conflict?
a)
Character vs. Character
b)
Character vs. Self
c)
Character vs. Nature
d)
Character vs. Society
23.
The fisherman and his childless wife raised a selchie as their own child, until one day the selchie returned to the sea to save his father, and the fisherman and his wife realized they had to let him go.
This is an example of
This is an example of
a)
Conflict
b)
Theme
c)
Main Idea
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