The Giving

What is the moral (big idea) of this story? 

• always tell the truth
• be generous and kind to others
• never be late
• always clean up after yourself

What happens FIRST in the story? 

• the boy gets a job
• the boy becomes old and weak
• the boy plays on the tree's branches and eats her apples
• the boy doesn't like to be with the tree

What happens LAST in the story?

• the tree is happy because the boy comes to visit again
• the boy becomes too busy to visit the tree
• the tree gives away her apples 
• the tree gives the boy her branches

What is the order in which these events happen? 

• the tree gives away her APPLES, then BRANCHES, then TRUNK
• the tree gave away her BRANCHES, then APPLES, then TRUNK
• the tree gave away her TRUNK, then BRANCHES, then APPLES

Why did the tree want to give the boy all she had?

• she didn't want him to come back
• she didn't like her apples, branches, or trunk
• she loved the boy and wanted him to be happy
• she was forced to

What is the conclusion of the story?

• the tree told the boy to leave
• the boy sells the tree's apples
• the boy never returns to the tree
• the tree is happy again

After the boy said he needed money, the tree. . . . 

• told him to leave
• gave him all her apples to sell
• didn't love the boy
• gave the boy some money

Because the boy was old and weak, and the tree had nothing left to give. . . 

• the boy left the tree for good
• the tree told the boy to sit on her stump and rest
• the boy went to a different tree in the forest
• the tree told the boy to leave

How does the boy act as he grows older?

• sweet
• greedy / selfish
• generous
• funny

How does the tree act throughout the story?

• greedy / selfish
• generous
• funny
• rude