My Rows and Piles of Coins

What is the GENRE of My Rows and Piles of Coins?

• informative

• tall tale

• fable

• realistic fiction

Describe the genre realistic fiction.

• could not ever happen.

• made up in someone's head but could really happen.

• teaching book.

• describes history.

Who is the main character in this story?

• Murete

• Yeyo

• Saruni

• the man selling bicycles

What is the setting of this story?

• On a boat in the Indian Ocean.

• On a farm somewhere warm.

• On a farm somewhere cold.

• In Antarctica.

What statement best describes Saruni?

• He does not give up easily.

• He does not think before he acts.

• He is easily embarrased.

• He wants to own his own coffee farm.

How did Saruni earn money?

• He helped his mother at the market every week.

• He delivered newspapers.

• He ran errands for the neighbors.

• He got an allowance every week.

How did Saruni arrange his coins when he counted them?

• He put the coins in one long row.

• He put the coins in piles and piles in rows.

• He stacked the coins in one big pile.

• He put them in his piggy bank.

Why didn't Saruni's family go to market in March?

• They were too busy taking care of gardens and crops.

• There was nothing to sell at the market.

• The heavy rains made the ground too muddy.

• The market was closed for a month.

Now that Saruni has a bicycle, what does he plan to do with his money?

• He wants to save enough money to buy a motorbike like his father's.

• He wants to save enough money to trade his bike for the red and blue on at the market.

• He wants to buy a cart to pull behind his bicycle.

• He wants to buy lots of vegetables and firewood at the market.

What is the main character's goal?

• He wants to earn enough money to buy his mother a new scarf.

• He wants to see bicycles at the market.

• He wants to earn enough money to buy his own bicycle.

• He wants to buy a motorbike.