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