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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the time and place of a story?
character
plot
problem
setting
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following describes the Sky?
angry
mean
generous
selfish
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following describes how the people treat the Sky?They were thankful for the Sky's gifts.They are careless with the Sky's gifts.They are careful with the Sky's gifts.They always want more of the Sky's gifts.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceOsato asks others to help her eat because she...wants them to taste the Sky.wants to eat the entire Sky.enjoys sharing with her family and friends.knows she can't waste the Sky.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following explains why the Sky is angry?
Osato took from the Sky without asking.
Osato ate too much.
Osato didn't share the sky.
Osato wasted the extra sky.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following describes what the Earth promises to do for the people?
Feed them if they learn how to work.
Never leave them, as the Sky did.
Allow them to take whatever they want.
Teach them to take only what they need.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich sentence describes the theme of the folktale?The Earth has endless gifts to give the humans that inhabit it.Whenever you take something, it’s important to also give something in return.If people are not careful with nature’s gifts, they will eventually disappear.It is not polite to take something without expressing your thanks.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich detail from the text best supports your answer for the theme?“the Sky said, ‘I will feed you. I can nourish every generation. You may take all that you need from me.’” (Paragraph 2)“the Sky roared. ‘And you thank me by wasting it! You throw me away into ditches and streams! If I am of such little value, I will leave forever.’” (Paragraph 7)“Osato sank her fingers deep and plucked a great wedge from the Sky’s sweet center — molasses and berry and fudge.” (Paragraph 15)“Osato’s tears poured down her face and into the Earth. Finally, the Earth said, ‘I will feed you. But you must learn new ways. You must plow and sow and harvest.’” (Paragraph 34)
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following describes what motivated Osato to eat from the Sky in paragraph 15?She was still hungry.She didn’t eat at the festival.She didn’t believe the Sky’s threatsShe wanted to taste more of the sky.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Why is it important to the story that the Sky moves away from the people?
When the Sky moves away, the people learn that there are consequences for their wasteful actions.
The Sky’s moving away requires the people to rely on the gifts from the Earth.
Both of the above.
Neither of the above.
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