One Grain of Rice
  • 1. The king _________ that his birthday be a day of celebration.
A) decreed
B) plentiful
C) trickle
D) famine
  • 2. Mom loaded everyone's plate ____________ with turkey, because she didn't want leftovers.
A) triumphantly
B) trickle
C) plentifully
D) implored
  • 3. As it grew hotter, Sam could feel a ____________ of sweat roll down his forehead.
A) decreed
B) famine
C) trickle
D) script
  • 4. Brenda's favorite show was on TV, so she ____________ her mother to let her watch it.
A) implored
B) decreed
C) plentifully
D) famine
  • 5. The people suffered through a great _____________ where there was little food to eat.
A) injustice
B) decreed
C) famine
D) trickle
  • 6. The story takes place in ___________.
A) Vietnam
B) China
C) Japan
D) India
  • 7. Why does the raja tell the rice farmers that they must five nearly all their rice to him?
A) because the rice belongs to him
B) because he is their leader
C) so that there will be rice for them to eat in bad times
D) because he is wise and fair
  • 8. When the rice grew well, the people gave nearly all their rice to the raja, but the people _____________
A) barely had enough rice to get by
B) stole rice from the raja
C) had too much rice
D) decided not to eat rice anymore
  • 9. What happens to the farmers during the famine?
A) They have no rice to eat.
B) The farmers promise to grow a better crop next year.
C) the farmers have only small amount of rice to give to the raja.
D) The farmers receive rice from the royal storehouses.
  • 10. Why doesn't the raja open the storehouse to his hungry people?
A) He forgot about it.
B) He is greedy, and wants all the rice for himself.
C) He thinks the rice in the storehouse has gone bad, and isn't good for his people.
D) He thinks the famine will be over soon.
  • 11. The raja's ministers ask the raja if they can ____________.
A) keep all the rice for themselves
B) give rice to the hungry people
C) help the raja to eat all the rice at once
D) grow rice in the raja's fields
  • 12. How does the raja justify taking all the farmer's rice?
A) He is always hungry and needs if for his meals.
B) He believes that a raja should not go hungry.
C) He knows the famine will end soon.
D) The people are only pretending to be hungry.
  • 13. The servant leads the elephant to and from the royal storehouse because _____________.
A) the elephant needs to get more exercise
B) The raja decreed a royal feast and needs rice.
C) the servant doesn't have anything else to do
D) the elephant doesn't know the way
  • 14. Rani plans to use the rice she catches in her skirt to __________________.
A) feed the hungry farmers
B) take it to the raja, and tell him how wrong he has been
C) get to talk to the raja
D) return it to the royal storehouse
  • 15. Why does Rani ask for only one grain of rice as a reward?
A) She knows that she is a thief.
B) She is not very hungry.
C) She does not really deserve a reward
D) She knows that the raja will insist on a better reward.
  • 16. In the beginning, the raja thinks that Rani is _______________.
A) wise
B) dumb
C) dishonest
D) weak
  • 17. Why does the raja keep his promise to Rani in the end?
A) He believes that is what a raja should do.
B) He has plenty of rice.
C) He doesn't worry about unimportant things
D) He is very generous
  • 18. At the end, what does the raja promise that shows he is truly wise and fair?
A) to take only as much rice as he needs
B) to feed all the hungry people in the future
C) to pay Rani's reward
D) to never cheat the people again
  • 19. Why is Rani able to outsmart the raja?
A) She is very poor.
B) He is thinking about the party he wants to have.
C) She makes her request sound very small.
D) He knows that he is very powerful.
  • 20. Rani asks for the rice to be doubled each day for 30 days. What does she mean?
A) She wants twice as much rice as was in her skirt, every day.
B) She wants the raja to build twice as many storehouses.
C) She wants two more grains of rice each day.
D) Each day, she wants twice as much rice as the day before.
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