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The Elephant's Child

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Instructions

Answer the questions to assess your understanding of the tale of  how elephants developed long trunks. 

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Question 1

1.

Which of the following phrases best describes the Elephant's Child?

excited and angry

wise and mysterious

confused and stupid

young and curious

Question 2

2.

Why does the Elephant's Child leave home?

He is afraid of his family and wants a new life.

He wants to learn what the Crocodile eats for dinner.

The Kolokolo bird told him to explore the world and see new things.

He wants to find out where the Kolokolo Bird is born.

Question 3

3.

What problem does the Elephant's Child face?

He doesn't want to get eaten by a Crocodile.

He keeps upsetting people and he doesn't know why.

He got lost when he tried to follow the Kolokolo's directions

He doesn't know what a crocodile looks like. 

Question 4

4.

When the Elephant's Child comes across a crocodile, he is...

tricked by the Crocodile to walk up very close to it because he doesn't know how dangerous it is. 

surprised to see a Crocodile because he did not think they were real and he is excited to finally ask what it eats.

confused about why the Crocodile is crying and moves closer to figure out what is upsetting him. 

scared of its large teeth and he notices right away that the crocodile is dangerous. 

Question 5

5.

What is the result of the attack?

The Elephant's Child starts to annoy the Crocodile to distract him. 

The Crocodile tries to escape by swimming away.

The Elephant's nose gets stretched out when he tries to escape. 

The Crocodile drowns him in the water. 

Question 6

6.

Which of the following best describes a central idea of the passage?

Curiosity killed the cat. 

Curiosity can open up new doors and opportunities. 

Asking questions is not as informative as pursuing answers. 

You can't always rely on people to teach you everything. 