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When Right-Mind offers to share the treasure equally, what does this reveal about his character?
A. He is easily fooled by others.
B. He values fairness and generosity.
C. He fears being caught.
D. He is motivated by greed.
B. He values fairness and generosity.
What is one major theme of the story?
A. Fortune always favors the clever.
B. Deceit ultimately leads to one’s destruction.
C. Wealth brings happiness.
D. Friendship is more important than truth.
B. Deceit ultimately leads to one’s destruction.
What is the effect of including the father’s fable about the heron and the snake?
A. It adds comic relief.
B. It serves as a moral warning ignored by Wrong-Mind.
C. It changes the setting abruptly.
D. It foreshadows Right-Mind’s death.
B. It serves as a moral warning ignored by Wrong-Mind.
What is the connotative meaning of “Right-Mind” in the story?
A. A person who acts with integrity and wisdom.
B. A person who always obeys authority.
C. Someone who values wealth above all.
D. A person who is easily persuaded.
A. A person who acts with integrity and wisdom.
What effect does beginning the story with a journey have on the structure?
A. It provides comic relief.
B. It foreshadows tragedy.
C. It establishes a moral test for the characters.
D. It distracts from the theme.
C. It establishes a moral test for the characters.
Which detail from the story best supports that Wrong-Mind is deceitful?
A. He travels to another country with Right-Mind.
B. He proposes they each take half of the treasure.
C. He secretly steals the buried money and levels the ground.
D. He speaks respectfully to the magistrates.
C. He secretly steals the buried money and levels the ground.
Which secondary theme complements the story’s main message?
A. The value of travel and experience.
B. The danger of superstition.
C. The importance of wisdom and discernment.
D. The need for social approval.
C. The importance of wisdom and discernment.
How does the author contrast Right-Mind and Wrong-Mind to develop the story’s conflict?
A. Through their physical descriptions.
B. Through their opposing moral values and choices.
C. Through their family backgrounds.
D. Through their education levels.
B. Through their opposing moral values and choices.
The phrase “favoring fortune” most nearly means—
A. depending on luck.
B. being blessed by good luck or fate.
C. taking foolish risks.
D. acting without purpose.
B. being blessed by good luck or fate.
Why is the story within the story (“A Remedy Worse Than the Disease”) structurally significant?
A. It divides the text into two unrelated tales.
B. It mirrors and reinforces the main plot’s lesson about foolish schemes.
C. It introduces a new protagonist.
D. It changes the story’s tone from serious to humorous.
B. It mirrors and reinforces the main plot’s lesson about foolish schemes.
What inference can be drawn about the magistrates’ character?
A. They are corrupt and take bribes.
B. They believe everything they hear.
C. They value evidence and fairness before judgment.
D. They are afraid of the forest goddess.
C. They value evidence and fairness before judgment.
How does the frame story (“A Remedy Worse Than the Disease”) develop the theme?
A. It mocks the herons for being foolish.
B. It illustrates the consequences of foolish schemes.
C. It celebrates clever trickery.
D. It distracts from the main plot.
B. It illustrates the consequences of foolish schemes.
Why does the author include the poem beginning “Earth, heaven, and death, the feeling mind”?
A. To provide a moment of humor.
B. To heighten the dramatic tension of the trial.
C. To describe the natural setting vividly.
D. To introduce a new character.
B. To heighten the dramatic tension of the trial.
What is the tone toward Wrong-Mind’s behavior in the story?
A. Neutral and detached.
B. Sympathetic and understanding.
C. Moralistic and condemning.
D. Admiring and approving.
C. Moralistic and condemning.
What is the aesthetic effect of the burning mimosa scene?
A. It is gruesome and unnecessary.
B. It shifts the story to comedy.
C. It provides dramatic justice through vivid imagery.
D. It slows the pacing without resolution.
C. It provides dramatic justice through vivid imagery.
Which event best foreshadows Wrong-Mind’s downfall?
A. His initial friendship with Right-Mind.
B. His first spending spree.
C. His father’s warning about “A Remedy Worse Than the Disease.”
D. His appeal to the forest goddess.
C. His father’s warning about “A Remedy Worse Than the Disease.”
What universal truth does the story suggest about justice?
A. Justice depends on wealth.
B. Wrongdoing will ultimately be revealed.
C. People can hide evil forever.
D. The law is always corrupt.
B. Wrongdoing will ultimately be revealed.
What is the structural function of the story’s ending?
A. It opens the story for a sequel.
B. It resolves the moral and legal conflict through justice.
C. It creates suspense for the reader.
D. It shifts the focus to the magistrates.
B. It resolves the moral and legal conflict through justice.
Which word best describes the author’s tone at the story’s conclusion?
A. Tragic.
B. Pessimistic.
C. Just and satisfying.
D. Ambiguous.
C. Just and satisfying.
What kind of irony is present when Wrong-Mind calls upon the forest goddess for justice?
A. Situational irony—he seeks truth but exposes his own deceit.*
B. Verbal irony—he mocks the goddess.
C. Dramatic irony—the reader knows Right-Mind is guilty.
D. Cosmic irony—fate punishes the innocent.
A. Situational irony—he seeks truth but exposes his own deceit.*
Which quotation best supports the idea that honesty is rewarded in the story?
A. “So long as we two hold this treasure common, our virtuous friendship will suffer no interruption.”
B. “I think I prefer to steal a round six hundred.”
C. “He put on clean garments and followed Right-Mind and the magistrates.”
D. “They commended Right-Mind and caused him satisfaction by conferring upon him the king’s favor.”
D. “They commended Right-Mind and caused him satisfaction by conferring upon him the king’s favor.”
Which event best reinforces the theme of poetic justice?
A. Right-Mind finds the pot of gold.
B. The magistrates visit the forest.
C. Wrong-Mind is hanged from the mimosa tree.
D. The herons lose their chicks.
C. Wrong-Mind is hanged from the mimosa tree.
The inclusion of verse (proverbs and rhymes) throughout the story primarily serves to—
A. Provide entertainment and rhythm.
B. Reinforce moral lessons in a memorable form.
C. Illustrate the characters’ education.
D. Make the story seem longer.
B. Reinforce moral lessons in a memorable form.
In the line “His body scorched and his eyes popping out,” what literary device is used?
A. Hyperbole.
B. Simile.
C. Imagery.
D. Personification.
C. Imagery.
How does the reader’s understanding differ from that of the magistrates during the trial scene?
A. The reader knows the goddess is real.
B. The reader does not know who stole the treasure.
C. The reader knows that Wrong-Mind’s father is hidden in the tree, creating dramatic irony.
D. The reader thinks Right-Mind is lying.
C. The reader knows that Wrong-Mind’s father is hidden in the tree, creating dramatic irony.