Drawing Conclusions and making Inferences

1. Why did the greedy man bury his gold brick?

• He didn’t have a house.

• He thought it would grow into a tree of gold

• He was afraid someone would steal it.

Why did the greedy man go and dig up his gold brick every day?

• Looking at it made him sad.

• Looking at it made him happy.

• He wanted to sell it.

Why did the workman follow the very greedy man?

• He didn’t like the greedy man.

• He knew the greedy man had a gold brick.

• He was curious.

4. Why did the greedy man find that the hole was empty, and his gold brick was gone? A. B. The greedy man had sold it. C.

• The workman had stolen it.

• The greedy man had sold it.

• The greedy man’s neighbor had stolen it.

Think about what makes the most sense, to draw a conclusion:

The neighbor told the greedy man that he might as well bury a rock in the hole and pretend that it was gold.

This is probably because:

• The neighbor wanted the gold brick for himself.

• The neighbor wanted to be the greedy man’s friend.

• The gold brick had not done the greedy man any real good.

Draw another conclusion: What lesson is this story meant to teach?