WorksheetsThief's story and Amanda
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 21mins
What was the name of the thief boy?
Anil
Hari Singh
Ajit Singh
Cander
What theme is suggested by the narrator returning the money to Anil?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Home is where the heart is.
Knowledge is power.
It is more rewarding to work hard for what you have than take from others.
In the text, it states, "I knew that once I could write like an educated man there would be no limit to what I could achieve." What inference can be made about the narrator based on this statement?
He values education and knows it will take him far.
He is a better thief and will continue making his life that way.
He does not value his relationship with Anil.
Anil feel obligated to teach the narrator.
What evidence best supports the inference that Anil knew the narrator took his money?
"I hurried back to the room feeling nervous."
"But when I took the note, I saw it was still wet from the night's rain."
"In the morning he would probably have given me two or three rupees to go to the cinema, but now I had it all."
"I smiled at Anil in my most appealing way."
How does the narrator's feelings toward Anil develop the theme of the text?
Anil trusts the narrator at the beginning of the story, and the narrator feel so comfortable with Anil that he never steals his money.
At the beginning of the story, the narrator steals from Anil immediately. After that, he never earns his trust back, which leads the narrator to continue to steal.
The narrator befriends Anil at the beginning of the story, and wen the narrator tries to steal from Anil, the narrator is caught.
At the beginning of the story, the narrator wants to steal from Anil. As the story continues, the narrator earns the trust of Anil, which leads him to feel guilty about stealing his money.
What suggested by the following evidence from the text? "He knew. But neither his lips nor his eyes showed anything. I smiled at Anil in my most appealing way. And the smile came by itself, without any effort."
The narrator is happier being honest with Anil rather than stealing from him.
The narrator is please that he is 600 ruupies richer.
Anil is a funny guy that can make the narrator laugh.
Select two sentences that let us know the narrator feels guilty about stealing money from Anil.
But I hesitated--for some reason I can't explain--and I lost the chance to get away.
I found myself standing alone on the deserted platform.
I went back to the bazaar and sat down in the shelter of the clock tower.
I hurried back to the room feeling very nervous, for it is much easier to steal something that to return it undetected.
What additional theme is suggested by the following statement? "He knew. But neither his lips not his eyes showed anything. I smiled at Anil in my most appealing way. And the smile came by itself, without any effort."
Stealing is no way to make a living.
Feeling guilty drives you to do crazy things.
Do not betray a man because he will never forgive you.
It feels better to do the right thing rather than the easy thing.
The thiedf boy was grateful to Anil in many ways. Out of these, the greatest one was
Giving him a job and teaching him
Giving him money
Watching wrestling match with him
Talking to him
What promise did Anil make to the Thief Boy?
Giving him a Good Job
Giving him money
Teaching him reading and Writing
Playing with him
Pick out the word which means,
"to stand, move, or sit in a lazy,
drooping way."?
Hunch
Slouch
Droop
Swoop
Pick out the synonym for
"relaxed"
Lethargy
Lazy
Lament
Languid
According to the speaker, Amanda is a very _______ girl.
Cute
Naughty
Responsible
Careless
"The silence is golden,
the freedom is sweet"
Pick the literary device used.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Antithesis
The speaker advises her not to eat chocolates, because______
She may get pimples
She may get acne
She may get dandruff
She may get rashes
Who is the poet of the poem Amanda?
Robert Klein
Robin Klein
John Berryman
Robert Frost
Name the literary device used in the 6th stanza..I am Rapunzel. I have not a care
Metaphor
Simile
Anaphora
Allusion
What does Amanda yearn for?
independence, fun
freedom,family
friends,freedom
solitude, freedom
What is the sea compared to?
deep
emerald
adventurous
silent
Which mythical creature is this?
Unicorn
Rapunzel
Orphan
Mermaid
