from Goldilocks, or the Three Bears

The stage direction in line 35 lets the reader know that the character is supposed to --

• break a chair

• act happy

• cry

• sing

Goldilocks's song in line 41 is important to the play because it helps the reader infer that --

• the three bears finally came home

• her mother finds her

• she finally falls asleep

• she forgets the words of the song

Read line 19 from the play.

GOLDILOCKS: Here it is on the table--what pretty bowls--one, two, three! I'll taste the porridge in the big bowl first. O Dollie, it is too hot! I burned my mouth.

Which is the best stage direction to add to this dialogue?

• [Eats porridge.]

• [Washes bowl.]

• [Dollie laughs.]

• [Chair break.]

Based on the drama structure in this play, why can the reader predict that there is another scene after this one?

• This scene does not have any lines for a narrator.

• There are no stage directions to exit the stage.

• Dollie keeps talking after the scene ends.

• There are more characters listed that do not appear in this scene.

The stage direction [No one answers.] in line 17 gives important information to the --

• actors

• setting

• playwright

• narrator

Read the sentences from line 37.

O Dollie! I'm a naughty girl not to mind my mother. If I'd only stayed at home in the garden!

These lines are meant to show that Goldilocks feels --

• happy for leaving the garden

• excited for leaving the garden

• sorry for leaving the garden

• angry for leaving the garden

Part A: The reader can infer that the character of Dollie is Goldilocks's --

• sister

• friend

• toy doll

• mother

Part B: Which of the following textual evidence supports your inference from Part A?

• DOLLIE: Yes, and I smell something good to eat. (line 18)

• DOLLIE: Well, I hope not. I don't like bears. (line 10)

• DOLLIE: Do you think it is very polite for us to eat it all? (line 24)

• DOLLIE: Well, I know I'm made of sawdust, but she might make mush of me for breakfast! (line 16)

Which phrases are character tags for Goldilocks? Select the two correct answers.

• made of sawdust

• likes to sing

• has a big imagination

• is afraid of adventure

• obeys her mother