Juanita and the Beanstalk Comprehension Quizziz

Who is the speaker in this story?

• Juanita

• Mama

• Narrator

• Giant

Why does Mama ask Juanita to sell Pepe, her goat?

• Their garden has dried up so they need to sell Pepe to get money for food.

• She does not like having a goat at their cottage.

• She loves the goat, but it is too smelly.

• They need to sell it to get their father out of trouble.

Juanita barters with the man in town. What does the man offer to give her in exchange for Pepe

• money

• frijoles

• food

• hungry

Why was Mama upset with Juanita when she came back to their cottage after going into town?

• She came back with money, but it was not enough to feed the family.

• She had not brought back money for food, she had only brought back three beans.

• She brought Pepe back because she couldn't sell him.

• She brought back food instead of money.

What happened after Juanita buried the magic beans?

• A small patch of beans were growing in their backyard.

• A giant bean was growing out of the ground and it began talking to Juanita.

• A giant appeared in her backyard and wanted to steal Juanita away.

• A gigantic beanstalk as tall as the clouds stood where Juanita had planted the beans.

Read the sentence, "At the top she saw a grand and magnificent palace in the middle of a field". What is another word in this sentence that means the same as magnificent?

• field

• grand

• middle

• palace

What was in the giant carrying around?

• An unhappy hen in a cage

• A basket full of magic beans

• An open storybook

• A bird singing in a cage

Who does the unhappy hen remind Juanita of?

• Mama

• Pepe

• the man in town

• the giant

How does Juanita change from the beginning of the story to the end of the story?

• At the beginning she is happy and at the end she is sad.

• At the beginning she is misbehaving and at the end she is behaving.

• At the beginning she is unhappy and at the end she is joyful

• At the beginning she is grand and at the end she is small

Summarize the story! Think about the events that happened at the beginning, middle, and end.