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The Anklet

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which two details from the passage would be included in a summary of the text?

a)

 For there was a jinni in the pot, and whatever the mistress of the pot asked for, the jinni would provide.

b)

 She made no answer, but placed a single rose in the pot, and sat down to her spinning.

c)

Even her sisters were moved to tears at her grace and charm, and never guessed that this lovely princess was their own despised sister.

d)

Next morning the horses refused to drink, shying away from the trough in terror, for the anklet shone and flared beneath the water, frightening them.

2.

 What is the theme of The Anklet?

a)

It is important to respect your elders.  

b)

 Be careful what you wish for.

c)

 The way you treat others is how you will be treated.  open to feedback from others.

3.

Which two sentences from the passage support the theme "The way you treat others is how you will be treated"?

a)

 “You silly girl,” shrieked the sisters. “We can’t waste our money on fancies and fripperies.”

b)

The older girls had worried away at the poor, trusting girl until they had wheedled the secret of the magic pot from her and they, too, had made requests of the jinni. 

c)

 “Oh, little pot,” she said, “you are my only friend. My sisters have gone out and left me to work all by myself, without anything to eat.”

d)

But the two sisters died of jealousy, poisoned by their own spite.

4.

The two older sisters would nag and make fun of the girl, leaving her alone all the time.

a)

Contributes to the theme

b)

Does not contribute to the theme

5.

The prince asked the queen to help him find the girl that the anklet would fit.

a)

Contributes to the theme

b)

Does not contribute to the theme.

6.

The youngest sister left the feast before it ended in order to be home before her sisters.

a)

Contributes to the theme

b)

Does not contribute to the theme

7.

The sisters used magic pins from the jinni to turn their sister into a dove so she couldn’t marry the prince.

a)

Contributes to the theme

b)

Does not contribute to the theme

8.

The youngest sister turned back to her true shape after the prince removed the pins.

a)

Contributes to the theme

b)

Does not contribute to the theme

9.

What is the narrator’s point of view with how it influences how the event is described?

“She would eat and drink her fill, and dress up in beautiful clothes; but when her sisters came home, she was always careful to be back in her rags and hard at work at her spinning wheel.”

a)

The youngest sister only had one important thing to her.

b)

The youngest sister was loved by one.

c)

Neither

10.

What is the narrator’s point of view with how it influences how the event is described?

“Now it happened that the king announced that he was going to hold a great feast for all the people of the city.”

a)

The youngest sister only had one important thing to her.

b)

The youngest sister was loved by one.

c)

Neither

11.

What is the narrator’s point of view with how it influences how the event is described?

“She made no answer, but placed a single rose in the pot, and sat down to her spinning.”

a)

The youngest sister only had one important thing to her.

b)

The youngest sister was loved by one.

c)

Neither

12.

What is the narrator’s point of view with how it influences how the event is described?

“The prince grew to love the bird, which seemed to be the only creature that could sooth his lonely heart.”

a)

The youngest sister only had one important thing to her.

b)

The youngest sister was loved by one.

c)

Neither

13.

Why does the narrator show the youngest sister talking to the pot?

a)

 to show how the prince felt about the oldest sisters

b)

to show how the prince felt about the youngest sister

c)

to show how frustrated the jinni made her

d)

 to show how the youngest sister felt about the way she was treated

14.

What is the narrator’s point of view how the youngest sister is treated?

a)

She is treated like any younger sister should be treated.

b)

She is treated unfairly by those who are jealous. 

c)

 She is treated like any other poor girl who spins flax. 

d)

She is treated like she deserves to be treated.  

15.

Which two phrases from the story influence how she is treated unfairly by those who are jealous.

a)

 “in drudgery and silent toil”

b)

“the jinni would provide”

c)

 “hard at work”  

d)

 “despised sister”

16.

The youngest sister was granted wishes by the jinni in the clay pot.

a)

Working at the spinning wheel

b)

Attending the King’s Feast

c)

Both

17.

The older sisters did not recognize the youngest sister.

a)

Working at the spinning wheel

b)

Attending the King’s Feast

c)

Both

18.

The older sisters were mean to the youngest sister.

a)

Working at the spinning wheel

b)

Attending the King's Feast

c)

Both

19.

The youngest sister remained graceful and beautiful.

a)

Working at the spinning wheel

b)

Attending the King's Feast

c)

Both

20.

 Select two options that show the differences in the both settings at the beginning and end of the text.

a)

spinning wheel

b)

prince’s window

c)

search of the whole city

d)

entertainment