"Yeh Shen" Reading Questions

1. The story originated from-

• China
• Germany
• Japan
• America

2. Yeh-Shen's only friend is-

• a mouse
• a fish
• a dog
• a poor boy

3. Yeh-Shen's friend is killed by-

• her stepmother
• a shark
• a hunter
• her stepsister

4. An old man told Yeh-Shen that the bones of her friend were-

• gone forever
• filled with a powerful spirit
• starting to smell bad
• the bones of a famous king

5. Yeh-Shen went to the festival dressed in a gown with a cloak made of-

• fur
• silk
• feathers
• gold

6. Yeh-Shen's slippers were made of-

• silk
• fur
• gold
• feathers

7. When the king was given Yeh-Shen's slipper, he decided to-

• burn it in a bonfire to show how powerful he was
• sell it to fill the kingdom's treasury with lots of gold
• put it in a pavilion and see if the owner would claim it
• take it to every woman in the kingdom to try on

8. When Yeh-Shen saw the king at her door, she was at first-

• frightened
• sad
• happy
• angry

9. When Yeh-Shen tried on the slipper-

• birds came and sat on her shoulders to protect her
• her rags were transformed into beautiful clothes
• her stepmother and stepsister fell to the ground dead
• she fainted and disappeared, never to be seen again

10. Yeh-Shen's stepmother and stepsister-

• ran away, never to be seen again in the kingdom
• went to live in the palace with Yeh-Shen
• were crushed not long after in a shower of flying rocks
• fell to the ground dead when Yeh-Shen tried on the slipper