Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
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10 questions
The Greedy Man
There once was a very greedy man who sold everything he owned and bought a brick of gold. He buried the gold brick behind a hut that was across the road from his shabby old house. Every day, the greedy man went across the road and dug up his gold brick to look at it. After a while, a workman noticed the greedy man going across the road every day, and decided to follow him. The next day, the greedy man dug down for his gold brick, but the hole was empty. He pulled at his hair, and cried out in sorrow. “My beautiful gold brick!” he wept. A neighbor came running, and asked the greedy man what had happened. When the greedy man told him, the neighbor just shrugged his shoulders. “Why be so sad?” said the neighbor. Just go get a rock and put it in that hole, and pretend that it is gold. It will do you as much good as the gold did.”
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Why did the greedy man bury his gold brick?
Why did the greedy man bury his gold brick?
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Why did the greedy man go and dig up his gold brick every day?
Why did the greedy man go and dig up his gold brick every day?
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Why did the workman follow the very greedy man?
Why did the workman follow the very greedy man?
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Why did the greedy man find that the hole was empty, and his gold brick was gone?
Why did the greedy man find that the hole was empty, and his gold brick was gone?
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Think about what makes the most sense, to draw a conclusion:
The neighbor told the greedy man that he might as well bury a rock in the hole and pretend that it was gold.
This is probably because:
Think about what makes the most sense, to draw a conclusion:
The neighbor told the greedy man that he might as well bury a rock in the hole and pretend that it was gold.
This is probably because:
The Hare and the Tortoise
The beasts of the forest had long argued about who was the fastest—the Hare or the Tortoise. So a race was arranged. “I welcome this contest,” the Tortoise said. The Hare was harder to convince. “This is ridiculous nonsense,” he said. But finally he agreed. Race day arrived, and the Tortoise started down the path.
“Run hard!” shouted the Tortoise’s fans. The Hare stood looking down the path. “Ridiculous nonsense,” he muttered, and then he dashed off down the path.
“Run hard!” shouted the Hare’s fans. The Hare ran for a while and then stopped. He looked around, but the Tortoise was nowhere in sight. The Hare sat down and scratched himself.
“Run hard!” shouted the Hare’s fans.
“Let him rest!” shouted the others. When the Hare saw the Tortoise coming, he got up and ran for a while more. Then he sat down and scratched himself. This went on until the Hare was almost to the finish line where all the animals of the forest were gathered. Suddenly, it struck him how foolish he looked running a race with a Tortoise who was nowhere in sight. He sat down again. Some say he slept.
The Tortoise won, and all the animals cheered. “How did you do it?” someone asked.
“Slow and steady wins the race,” the Tortoise replied. And that is the moral of this story. It also became a popular saying among all the animals, especially the snails.
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Why did the Hare say the race was “ridiculous nonsense”?
Why did the Hare say the race was “ridiculous nonsense”?
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When the Hare turned around, why didn’t he see the Tortoise behind him?
When the Hare turned around, why didn’t he see the Tortoise behind him?
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Why did the Hare keep sitting down during the race?
Why did the Hare keep sitting down during the race?
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Why didn’t the Hare jump up and run when the Tortoise approached the finish line?
Why didn’t the Hare jump up and run when the Tortoise approached the finish line?
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Think about what makes the most sense, to draw a conclusion:
The Tortoise won, and all the animals cheered. “How did you do it?” someone asked. “Slow and steady wins the race,” the Tortoise replied. And that is the moral of this story. It also became a popular saying among all the animals, and especially among the Snails.
This is probably because:
Think about what makes the most sense, to draw a conclusion:
The Tortoise won, and all the animals cheered. “How did you do it?” someone asked.
“Slow and steady wins the race,” the Tortoise replied.
And that is the moral of this story. It also became a popular saying among all the animals, and especially among the Snails.
This is probably because: