WorksheetsHow the Rhinoceros Got His Skin
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 50mins
What is the meaning of parsee?
a bug
A person from Persia
to eat
a funny clown
Where does the parsee hid while the rhinoceros is eating his cake?
in the woods
behind a wall
In a palm tree
in the ocean
How does the Parsee feel about the rhinoceros taking his cake?
How long did it take for there be a heat wave in the Red Sea?
2 minutes
a month
30 years
5 weeks
Once upon a time, on an uninhabited island on the shore of the Red Sea, lived a Parsee.
What is the meaning of uninhabited?
Which one is a picture of a Rhinoceros?
What is the theme of this story, How the Rhinoceros got his Skin?"
Politeness is a virtue
Bad behavior has consequences
Revenge is never right
It’s best to plan ahead
Which excerpt from the passage supports the answer to question 7? What is the theme of this story?
One day he took flour and water and currants and plums and sugar and things, and made himself one cake.
In those days the Rhinoceros's skin fitted him quite tight.
And the Rhinoceros spiked that cake on the horn of his nose, and he ate it, and went away, waving his tail.
Them that takes cakes/ Which the Parsee-man bakes/Makes dreadful mistakes.
Using context clues to determine the meaning of the highlighted word in the sentence below.
He waddled straight into the water and blew bubbles through his nose, and leaving his skin on the beach.
Read the following excerpt from the passage.
And the Rhinoceros...spiked that cake on the horn of his nose, and he ate it, and he went away, waving his tail
Based on this excerpt, what can you tell about the Rhinoceros’s character?
