Aunty Misery

How was the conflict resolved in the story?

• Aunty Misery cut down her pear tree.

• Aunty Misery Cursed anyone who climbed her tree.

• Aunty Misery poisoned anyone who ate her pears.

How does Aunty Misery’s first guest help her get rid of the second one?

• The first guest hides her from Death.

• The first guest sends away the second guest.

• The first guest teaches her to be nice to strangers.

• He grants Aunty Misery’s wish and allows her to outwit Death.

The conflict in " Aunty Misery" is between a human being and death, an inevitable consequence of having lived.

• True

• False

Both Aunty Misery and Strawberries are -----

• short stories

• poems

• autobiographies

• folktales

Aunty Misery asks her first visitor for help because ----

• children are stealing her pears.

• children want to climb her pear tree.

• she wants help picking pears.

• she wants new friends.

Why does the sorcerer grant the old woman's wish in "Aunty Misery"?

• He saw children stealing her fruit.

• He pities her because she lives alone.

• She gave him food and a place to sleep.

• She helped him find his way through the woods.

The old woman captures Death in "Aunty Misery" because she

• makes Death sick from eating pears from the tree

• informs Death that there are children in the tree

• persuades Death to leave and never come back

• tells Death to climb her tree and he gets stuck

In the folktales "The Crane Maiden" and "Aunty Misery," people ..

• supernaturally change into birds

• receive a supernatural gift for being kind

• lose a supernatural gift for bein too curious

• behave badly and are supernaturally punished

A person who is mournful is ...

• unfriendly

• sorrowful

• wasteful

• hungry

What is the main theme of the story 'Aunty Misery'?

• The inevitability of death

• The joy of sharing

• The power of friendship

• The importance of family