A Cow Called Boy
Who is the main character in A Cow Called Boy?
Josh Mahon
What is a theme in literature?
Answer: The main idea or message the author wants to communicate.
What is conflict in a story?
Answer: A struggle between opposing forces.
Describe Josh Mahon in two words.
Answer: Brave and determined.
What is the plot of a story?
Answer: The sequence of events or actions that make up a story.
Who wrote A Cow Called Boy?
Answer: C. Everard Palmer.
Name one major theme from A Cow Called Boy.
Answer: Friendship, loyalty, or courage.
What type of conflict happens between two characters?
Answer: External conflict (Man vs. Man).
What character trait does Josh show when he refuses to give up on Boy?
Answer: Persistence and loyalty.
What is the climax of a story?
Answer: The most exciting or important part of the story where the main conflict reaches its peak.
Why did Josh’s mother sell Boy?
Answer: She thought he was troublesome and wanted to sell him for money.
How can we find the theme in a story?
Answer: By looking at what the characters learn or how they change.
What type of conflict happens inside a character’s mind?
Answer: Internal conflict (Man vs. Self).
What is a character in a story?
Answer: A person, animal, or figure that plays a role in a story.
How does the story end?
Answer: Josh gets Boy back, and the villagers cheer for him as a hero.
Who helps Josh in his fight to get Boy back?
Answer: Miss Anthony, his classmates.
What theme is shown when the children supports Josh?
Answer: Unity and cooperation.
What type of conflict does Josh face when trying to get Boy back?
Answer: Man vs. Society.
What is an antagonist?
Answer: The character or force that opposes the main character.
What comes after the climax?
Answer: The falling action — where the conflict begins to be resolved.
What lesson does Josh learn at the end of the story?
Answer: That courage and persistence bring justice.
Why are themes important in stories?
Answer: They teach readers moral or life lessons.
Why is conflict necessary in a story?
Answer: It makes the story exciting and helps develop the characters.
Give one way authors show characterization.
Answer: Through what the character says, does, thinks, or how others react to them.
List the elements of a plot.
Exposition | Rising Action | Climax | Falling Action | Resolution