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Monday Reading 11-30-2020

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How are the brother and sister different from the Chief elders?

a)

The brother and sister are younger than the Chief elders

b)

The Chief elders are greedy and the brother and sister are thoughtful and kind

c)

The Chief elders are smarter than the boy and girl

d)

The boy and girl are smarter than the Chief elders

2.

In the story, how is the village hosting the festivities different from the villages they invited to their festival?

a)

The Ashiwi tribe were show-off’s and the other tribes were disgusted with their disrespect to the Corn Maidens

b)

The other tribes envied the Ashiwi tribe for their abundance of food

c)

The tribes were good friends who were always helping each other out

d)

The tribes were sworn enemies competing against each other

3.

After the Corn Maidens sent rodents to steal away all the village’s corn stores, the villagers felt all of these except.

a)

Guilty

b)

Starving

c)

Ecstatic

d)

Forlorn

4.

At the beginning of the story, the little boy and girl offer their food to the Corn Maidens. At the end of the story, what do you think the little boy and girl will do to the people of their village now that they have returned?

a)

Be mad at their people for leaving them alone and not share their harvest with them

b)

Punish them for leaving them and send them away from the village

c)

Chastise them for being so greedy and causing the famine

d)

Share their plentiful harvest with them

5.

Why is a Chief elder mad when the little boy and girl offer their food to the old ladies?

a)

He is greedy and doesn’t like to share while the boy and girl are happy to share

b)

He is thoughtful and kind and the little boy and girl are mean

c)

They are not different they are all mean and greedy

d)

They are not different they are all happy to share what they have

6.

Which sentence best tells what the story is about?

a)

A town that is blessed with good fortune angers the Corn Maidens and is cursed by a famine.

b)

A boy and girl who are kind and offer to share their food are blessed because of their kind hearts.

c)

The Chief elders of a village bring bad luck upon their village because of their greed and pride.

d)

A boy and girl are lonely and sad after their village leaves and forgets about them but a dragonfly keeps them company.

7.

Which of the following can the reader learn from reading this passage?

a)

That being greedy and boastful makes others like you

b)

That being thankful to others for their help will bring you luck

c)

That when we are kind to others they will be kind back to us

d)

That it is better to not share with others so that you don’t loose any of your food

8.

Read the sentence

A mound of corn reached to the ceiling. The boy and his sister danced for joy.


How does the author get the attention of the reader in the sentence above?

a)

Mound

b)

Ceiling

c)

Danced

d)

Joy

9.

Read the sentences below.


Their storerooms bare, the people ate cactus and ground bones. Autumn arrived, then winter, and the famine deepened. The snows came and were heavier than anyone could recall.


In these sentences, the author chose words that

a)

Described how fortunate the villagers were

b)

Described how happy the villagers were

c)

Described how hungry they were and how bad the weather was

d)

How happy they were that they had food for the bad weather ahead

10.

How does the Chief elder change in the story?

a)

He doesn’t change, he is still greedy

b)

He is humbled by the famine

c)

He is thankful to the boy and girl

d)

He is sad and lonely