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Book: The Fisherman and the Well/ This Friend, That Friend
A Tale from The Arabian Nights
Author: Frances Ruffin
ISBN: 978-0-02-202361-4, 978-0-02-202640-0
Introduction
1. What are “the Arabian Nights”?
2. Where do “the Arabian Nights” originate?
3. What happened with each retelling of “The Arabian Nights” tales?
4. What happened to these stories over time?
5. What do the common tales describe in their stories?
Chapter 1: The Sultan’s Plan/ An Impossible Task
6. What did the Sultan want? Why?
7. What does the Sultan mean by asking his advisor if they have a policy that he can get the fisherman’s land?
8. Who ordered the fisherman to the palace?
9. What was the task according to the advisor?
10. What was the job the Sultan had for the fisherman?
11. What does the fisherman do right after receiving this task?
Chapter 2: Help From a Friend/A Helpful Friend
12. Where was the well located?
13. Where was the well near?
14. What does the well give to the fisherman?
15. What does the fisherman’s wife tell her husband to do?
16. What happened as the fisherman did as his wife said and a beautiful carpet appeared?
17. What is the Sultan’s next task for the fisherman?
18. How many days did the fisherman have for the first task?
19. How many days does the fisherman have for the second task?
20. What was the fisherman’s reaction on page 6, when told of the first task?
21. What was the fisherman’s reaction on page 11, when told of the second task?
22. Why are the fisherman’s reactions different?
Chapter 3: A Baby’s Story
23. What does the fisherman return to the well?
24. What does the fisherman’s wife tell him to do?
25. What appeared from the well?
26. What did the fisherman’s wife tell her husband to do when he enters the great hall with the baby boy?
27. What did the baby say at the beginning?
28. What did the Sultan ask the baby?
29. In the baby’s tale, he bought a ______________________. After cutting it open, what did the baby boy see inside?
30. After the baby boy went inside the pumpkin, what did a donkey give him?
31. What was inside the cake?
32. Did the Sultan get upset at this point in the story, if so how did he react?
33. Did the baby boy fear the Sultan? How do you know, use text from the story to support your answer.
34. Other than a story of lies, what else does the baby reveal?
35. Was the crowd sad, angry, or pleased?
36. How did the fisherman and his wife live afterwards?
37. Using text clues, who is wiser? The Sultan or his Advisor.
38. Using text clues, who is wiser? The fisherman or his wife.
Go to Directory
Book: The Fisherman and the Well/ This Friend, That Friend
A Tale from The Arabian Nights
Author: Frances Ruffin
ISBN: 978-0-02-202361-4, 978-0-02-202640-0
Introduction
1. What are “the Arabian Nights”?
2. Where do “the Arabian Nights” originate?
3. What happened with each retelling of “The Arabian Nights” tales?
4. What happened to these stories over time?
5. What do the common tales describe in their stories?
Chapter 1: The Sultan’s Plan/ An Impossible Task
6. What did the Sultan want? Why?
7. What does the Sultan mean by asking his advisor if they have a policy that he can get the fisherman’s land?
8. Who ordered the fisherman to the palace?
9. What was the task according to the advisor?
10. What was the job the Sultan had for the fisherman?
11. What does the fisherman do right after receiving this task?
Chapter 2: Help From a Friend/A Helpful Friend
12. Where was the well located?
13. Where was the well near?
14. What does the well give to the fisherman?
15. What does the fisherman’s wife tell her husband to do?
16. What happened as the fisherman did as his wife said and a beautiful carpet appeared?
17. What is the Sultan’s next task for the fisherman?
18. How many days did the fisherman have for the first task?
19. How many days does the fisherman have for the second task?
20. What was the fisherman’s reaction on page 6, when told of the first task?
21. What was the fisherman’s reaction on page 11, when told of the second task?
22. Why are the fisherman’s reactions different?
Chapter 3: A Baby’s Story
23. What does the fisherman return to the well?
24. What does the fisherman’s wife tell him to do?
25. What appeared from the well?
26. What did the fisherman’s wife tell her husband to do when he enters the great hall with the baby boy?
27. What did the baby say at the beginning?
28. What did the Sultan ask the baby?
29. In the baby’s tale, he bought a ______________________. After cutting it open, what did the baby boy see inside?
30. After the baby boy went inside the pumpkin, what did a donkey give him?
31. What was inside the cake?
32. Did the Sultan get upset at this point in the story, if so how did he react?
33. Did the baby boy fear the Sultan? How do you know, use text from the story to support your answer.
34. Other than a story of lies, what else does the baby reveal?
35. Was the crowd sad, angry, or pleased?
36. How did the fisherman and his wife live afterwards?
37. Using text clues, who is wiser? The Sultan or his Advisor.
38. Using text clues, who is wiser? The fisherman or his wife.
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