WorksheetsThe Horse Snake
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which word means "to give in; die"?
assume
petrify
succumb
gait
Which word means "secretly; sneakily"?
nocturnal
gait
stealthily
petrify
Which word means "active at night"?
gait
petrify
stealthily
nocturnal
Which word means "to take on"?
assume
succumb
gait
petrify
Which word means "manner of walking or moving on foot"?
nocturnal
gait
petrify
assume
Which word means "to paralyze with astonishment or fear"?
assume
succumb
nocturnal
petrify
In other regions, the horse snake is known as all of the following EXCEPT:
ox snake
lightning snake
thunder snake
bamboo snake
Where does this story take place?
China
Japan
Vietnam
Mexico
How did the narrator's family warn the other villagers that a dangerous beast was on the loose?
blew on a buffalo horn
knocked on everyone's doors
lit a fire to send smoke signals
called everyone on the telephone
The people are afraid of the horse snake for all of these reasons EXCEPT.
It is large
It can make a frightening noise like a loud horn
It strikes with great speed
It will sometimes attack people and cattle
Which event happened first in the story?
The men divided into groups to form search parties
The village chief ordered all the women and children to form a long line
The men found a horse dead in the rice field
A frightened friend of the narrator's family banged on their door
In grandmother's story, the prize for killing the snake was:
a trophy
keeping the snake
money
a party
What happened to Minh when he went to get fish from his pond?
He saw the horse snake at the pond
He saw that all of his fish were already dead
He fell into the pond
He went for a swim
Which event happened last?
The snake broke through the circle of men and went into an open rice field
Hysterical cries for help were heard from the western part of the hamlet
The surprised snake shot out of the pond
Four of the men attacked the snake from four different directions
