Story Of The Bad Little Boy Questions
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“The Story of the Bad Little Boy” by Mark Twain
Reading Questions
1. What was the name of the main character in 'The Story of the Bad Little Boy'?
a. George
b. Samuel
c. Christopher
d. James
2. What was different about this bad little boy in regards to his mother that was usually not the case with bad little boys?
a. She was not his true biological mother.
b. She was terminally ill.
c. She was not sick.
d. She was blind and deaf.
3. One day the bad little boy stole the key to his mother's pantry. What bad little deed did he commit after doing this?
a. He ate all of his mother's jam and then filled the empty bottle with tar.
b. He emptied the honey jar into his mother's shampoo bottle and replaced the empty bottle with corn starch.
c. He stole all of the food in the pantry, sold it to his friends, and then used the money to buy comic books.
d. He put dog food in his mother's cereal.
4. What did the bad little boy steal when he went on Farmer Acorn's property?
a. Oranges
b. A dog
c. Apples
d. A pig
5. Where did the bad little boy place the penknife on George so that it'd fall out and he'd get in trouble?
a. In his shirt pocket
b. Into his cap
c. In his shoe
d. On his belt
6. The bad little boy hated moral boys. What coarse language did the bad little boy use to describe his opinions about moral boys?
a. I'd rather be a flobberworm than one of dem moral kind.
b. I've grown to hate two things in life: good little boys and okra.
c. If I had littleuns that always followed dem rules I'd knock of sense into 'em.
d. I'm down on them milksops.
7. Consistently throughout the story the bad little boy is described as being unique from other bad little boys for a particular reason. Why?
a. Bad things did not happen to the bad little boy after he committed his wrongful exploits that typically happen to boys that engaged in those activities.
b. People came to respect the bad little boy because he was the best at pulling off dangerous and mischievous
Date:
Period:
“The Story of the Bad Little Boy” by Mark Twain
Reading Questions
1. What was the name of the main character in 'The Story of the Bad Little Boy'?
a. George
b. Samuel
c. Christopher
d. James
2. What was different about this bad little boy in regards to his mother that was usually not the case with bad little boys?
a. She was not his true biological mother.
b. She was terminally ill.
c. She was not sick.
d. She was blind and deaf.
3. One day the bad little boy stole the key to his mother's pantry. What bad little deed did he commit after doing this?
a. He ate all of his mother's jam and then filled the empty bottle with tar.
b. He emptied the honey jar into his mother's shampoo bottle and replaced the empty bottle with corn starch.
c. He stole all of the food in the pantry, sold it to his friends, and then used the money to buy comic books.
d. He put dog food in his mother's cereal.
4. What did the bad little boy steal when he went on Farmer Acorn's property?
a. Oranges
b. A dog
c. Apples
d. A pig
5. Where did the bad little boy place the penknife on George so that it'd fall out and he'd get in trouble?
a. In his shirt pocket
b. Into his cap
c. In his shoe
d. On his belt
6. The bad little boy hated moral boys. What coarse language did the bad little boy use to describe his opinions about moral boys?
a. I'd rather be a flobberworm than one of dem moral kind.
b. I've grown to hate two things in life: good little boys and okra.
c. If I had littleuns that always followed dem rules I'd knock of sense into 'em.
d. I'm down on them milksops.
7. Consistently throughout the story the bad little boy is described as being unique from other bad little boys for a particular reason. Why?
a. Bad things did not happen to the bad little boy after he committed his wrongful exploits that typically happen to boys that engaged in those activities.
b. People came to respect the bad little boy because he was the best at pulling off dangerous and mischievous