Section 3 Quiz

Directions: Be sure to read each question carefully before answering. 

Think about Lapin's actions in the story.  Read each action and match it with the event that caused it in the story.

Lapin grows sweet potatoes, the bottom of the crop.

• Bouki calls Lapin a cheater and makes a deal with Lapin for the tops and bottoms of the crops.

• Bouki gives Lapin the vines of sweet potatoes as payment. Bouki gets so angry he makes a deal for the bottom of the crop.

• Bouki picks his own cotton and sells it in town. Bouki buys a kettle of gumbo and heads home.

• Bouki cannot find his mule and cart so Lapin invites

  him over for

  gumbo.

Think about Lapin's actions in the story.  Read each action and match it with the event that caused it in the story.

Lapin grows rice and takes the grain heads, the top of the crops.

• Bouki cannot find his mule and cart so Lapin invites him over for gumbo.

• Lapin gives Bouki the vines of sweet potatoes as payment. Bouki gets angry so he makes a deal for the bottom parts of the crops.

• Bouki leaves his cart to see if the rabbit on the side of road is Lapin.

• Bouki calls Lapin a cheater and makes a deal with Lapin for the tops and bottoms of the crops.

Think about Lapin's actions in the story.  Read each action and match it with the event that caused it in the story.

Lapin plans corn and gives Bouki the unwanted tops and bottoms.

• Bouki calls Lapin a cheater and makes a deal with Lapin for the tops and bottoms of the crops.

• Lapin gives Bouki the vines of sweet potatoes as payment. Bouki gets angry so he makes a deal for the bottom parts of the crops.

• Bouki cannot find his mule and cart so Lapin invites him over for gumbo.

• Bouki picks his own cotton and sells it in town. Bouki buys a kettle of gumbo and heads home.

Think about Lapin's actions in the story.  Read each action and match it with the event that caused it in the story.

Lapin plays dead on the side of the road.

• Bouki picks his own cotton and sells it in town. Bouki buys a kettle of gumbo and heads home.

• Bouki leaves his cart to see if the rabbit on the side of the road is Lapin.

• Bouki cannot find his mule and cart so Lapin invites him over for gumbo.

• Bouki calls Lapin a cheater and makes a deal with Lapin for the tops and bottoms of the crops.

Think about Lapin's actions in the story.  Read each action and match it with the event that caused it in the story.

Lapin takes Bouki's mule and cart home.

• Bouki cannot find his mule and cart so Lapin invites him over for gumbo.

• Bouki calls Lapin a cheater and makes a deal with Lapin for the tops and bottoms of the crops.

• Bouki picks his own cotton and sells it in town. Bouki buys a kettle of gumbo and heads home.

• Bouki leaves his cart to see if the rabbit on the side of the road is Lapin.

What is the lesson of “Lapin Plays Possum”?

• Getting tricked can lead to new friends.  

• Be careful what you ask for. 

• Accept help when it is offered.

• If you work hard, you will be rewarded.

Which line from the text best supports your answer to the previous question?

• “. . . Lapin showed up come planting time talking about making another deal . . .”

•  “'I’m right glad to see you,’ said Lapin. ‘I done harvested the grain heads off my rice crop.’”

• “‘You’re just in time neighbor,’ said Lapin . . . ‘We just finished picking all that good-for-nothing corn . . . I left you just what you wanted—some nice fat tassels and some big strong roots.’”

• “Bouki vowed to have nothing to do with Lapin, not ever again.”

Read each Cajun expression and choose the correct meaning.

“. . . all that money was burning a hole in Bouki’s pocket just about the time that hunger started knocking on his belly.”

• Bouki is very angry.

• There were so many sweet potatoes that Lapin had enough food for a while.

• Bouki had a lot of cash to spend, and he was very hungry.

Read each Cajun expression and choose the correct meaning.

“. . . blowing off steam like a locomotive.”

• Bouki is very angry.

• There were so many sweet potatoes that Lapin had enough food for a while.

• Bouki had a lot of cash to spend, and he was very hungry.

Read each Cajun expression and choose the correct meaning.

“. . . kept him fat and sassy til the buzzing of the spring bees.”

• Bouki is very angry.

• There were so many sweet potatoes that Lapin had enough food for a while.

• Bouki had a lot of cash to spend, and he was very hungry.