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WorksheetsKing Midas and the Golden Touch - Reading Street
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What did Midas love the most?
gold
Aurelia
roses
himself
What was something kind that Midas did at the beginning of the story?
He gave a bouquet of roses to his daughter Aurelia.
He wished for the golden touch.
He paid the best gardeners in the realm to create a garden for him.
He invited the man who was sleeping in his garden to eat dinner with him.
Where did Midas keep his gold?
in his garden
in the throne room
under Aurelia's bed
in the dungeon
Why did the glowing figure of a young man appear before Midas in his dungeon?
He was trying to steal his gold.
He wanted to reward Midas for his kindness.
He was haunting Midas because he didn't like his food.
He got lost trying to find his way out of the castle.
Why did the man in the dungeon want to reward Midas?
Instead of punishing him for trespassing, he entertained him at his table.
He was trying to trick him so he could steal his gold.
He was a kind and wanted to share his magic with other people.
Midas had such a beautiful garden that the man thought it deserved a reward.
Which statement shows that Midas was greedy?
He said "A man can never have enough gold."
He entertained a stranger that trespassed in his garden instead of punishing him.
He hired the best gardeners in his realm.
He loved nothing more than his daughter, Aurelia.
What problem did Midas have at breakfast?
He got food poisoning from his dinner the night before.
The bread was stale and the cheese was rotten.
He couldn't eat anything because everything he touched turned to gold.
Aurelia hadn't picked him a bouquet of roses.
When did Midas start thinking that the golden touch was a curse?
When the glowing figure appeared before him in the dungeon.
When he turned Aurelia into a gold statue.
When he plunged into the foaming spring.
When he restored Aurelia.
Why did King Midas restore all else he had transformed except for a single rose?
He ran out of water from the spring, so he didn't have enough to restore the rose.
He kept it as a gift for Aurelia, as she loved flowers so much.
He kept it as a reminder of the golden touch and that family is more important than wealth.
He kept it as a reminder of the golden touch, a time that he will look back on with happy memories.
Why was Aurelia sad when all the flowers were turned to gold?
She missed their scent.
Gold made her feel sick.
The gold roses were too heavy, so she couldn't adorn the breakfast table with a bouquet.
She realized that her father was greedy and loved gold more than flowers.
Why didn't Midas punish the old man that was found sleeping in his garden?
He reminded him of his own father.
Midas himself would be have been poor if it weren't for all his gold.
He was in a good mood because a stranger had just given him the golden touch.
He thought that if he was kind to the stranger, he would give him magical powers.
How did King Midas get the golden touch?
A stranger that he didn't punish, granted him a wish.
He ate gold for breakfast each day, which gave him a special power.
He exchanged it for a bouquet of roses.
He bathed in a foaming spring past the borders of his realm.
Why didn't King Midas want the golden touch any more?
He started to get so hungry that he was worried he would die.
He realized that it is possible to have too much gold.
Turning his daughter to gold made him the most miserable of men.
He missed the scent of the flowers in his garden.
How did King Midas get rid of the golden touch?
He woke up the next morning and realized it was all a dream.
He sold everything that he turned into gold.
He was granted another wish by a stranger that he found sleeping in his garden.
He cleansed himself in the water of a foaming spring.
