Comprehension

Read the passage on the left carefully. Then read each question and select the most appropriate/correct answer.

Which sentence is true?

• Jack and his mother were wealthy.

• Jack's father lived with them.

• They lived in a tiny cottage.

Read the passage on the left carefully. Then read each question and select the most appropriate/correct answer.

What was the last thing left for them to sell?

• beans

• cow

• house

Read the passage on the left carefully. Then read each question and select the most appropriate/correct answer.

What happened to all their possessions?

• They sold them.

• They traded them at the market.

• They lost them in the fire.

Read the passage on the left carefully. Then read each question and select the most appropriate/correct answer.

The old man offered Jack ___________ for the cow.

• money

• food

• a hand fill of beans

Read the passage on the left carefully. Then read each question and select the most appropriate/correct answer.

What did Jack's mother do after she snatched the bean from his hands?

• She screamed at him to get out.

• She started to cry.

• She planted the beans.

Read the passage on the left carefully. Then read each question and select the most appropriate/correct answer.

A word that means the same as furious is___________.

• elated

• happy

• angry

Read the passage on the left carefully. Answer the question is a complete sentence.

How do you think Jack felt after his mom threw the beans out of the window?

Read the passage on the left carefully. Answer the question is a complete sentence.

Why was Jack's mother furious when he returned home?