Pages 501-502
Pages 504-507
Pages 508-512
General Questions
PSSA Questions
100
What is the genre of the passage?
a folktale
100
What was don Arturo and his daughter's plan?
to make Juan fall in love with his daughter and then Juan would do whatever they asked him
100
Why did Juan talk to the tree?
He was practicing what he was going to say to don Ignacio.
100
Identify the passage as fiction or nonfiction.
fiction
100
What type of figurative language compares two things using like or as?
simile
200
How do you know the passage is a folktale?
because has a plot that teaches a lesson and it has a character who shows the values of a culture
200
What did Araceli want Juan to do?
give her all the apples from the el manzano real tree
200
True or false: When Don Ignacio goes to see Juan on page 509 he knows that Juan has given all the apples to Araceli.
True
200
What is the author's purpose for writing the passage?
to entertain
200
What type of figurative language has something not human acting like a human?
personification
300
How was don Ignacio's apple tree different from other apple trees?
Its apples were sweeter than most other apple trees.
300
What decision did Juan make on page 507?
He decided to give all the apple from the tree to Araceli.
300
True or False: Juan lied to don Ignacio and he lost the bet.
false
300
At the beginning of the story why did Juan promise to give Araceli anything on the ranch?
to thank her for being so kind to him by making him breakfast and coffee
300
What type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as?
metaphor
400
What did Don Arturo bet that he could do?
that he could get Juan to tell a lie
400
How do you think Juan felt after he gave all the apples to Araceli?
probably sad because he stole from don Ignacio
400
What happened to Juan and Araceli at the end of the passage?
They got married.
400
What lesson do you think the author wants you to learn?
to be honest, to tell the truth, do not lie
400
Identify the setting of the passage?
on a don Ignacio's ranch
500
Why do don Arturo and his family move into don Ignacio's house?
because Araceli, don Arturo's daughter, thinks that it can help them find a way to win the bet
500
Why did Juan give the apples to Araceli?
because he loved her
500
On page 509 what do you think Araceli said to don Ignacio?
that if don Ignacio won the bet and got don Arturo's ranch, that he would give the ranch to Juan
500
Which word on page 511 means "in and excited way"?
excitedly
500
What would be another good title for the passage?
Teacher will decide.
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