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Once upon a time in a tiny country
in Europe . . .
╚. . . in a tiny village . . .
. . . in a tiny house . . .
. . . there lived a little old woman
and a little old man.
They were very lonely, for they had no
children of their own to fill their home
with laughter and happy songs.
1. The little old woman and the little old
man lived:
A) in a tiny European village
B) in a crowded French city
C) outside a small town in Norway
(A) They lived in a tiny house in a tiny
village in a tiny country in Europe.
One day, while baking, the little old woman
said to herself out loud, "I'll make a
Gingerbread Boy."
So she mixed the gingerbread dough and
rolled it out with great care.
Then with a round cookie cutter she formed
a head . . .
. . . and with her clever fingers she shaped
a little round body, with a pair of arms and
two sturdy legs from the gingerbread dough.
"And now for the clothes," she laughed, as
she poured some hot chocolate syrup over the
gingerbread dough . . .
. . . and smoothed it into a nice little
jacket and a pair of trousers.
2. The jacket and trousers of the
Gingerbread Boy were made of:
A) fudge
B) gum drops
C) chocolate syrup
(C) The little old woman "poured some hot
chocolate syrup over the gingerbread dough
and smoothed it into a nice little jacket
and a pair of trousers."
╚With six fat raisins she made pretty
buttons for his coat . . .
. . . and with pink sugar frosting she
fashioned a little mouth.
For his eyes she used two tiny lumps of
sugar . . .
. . . and for his nose a gum drop.
3. The Gingerbread Boy's eyes were made
of ________ and the buttons on his coat
were made of ________.
A) chocolate syrup . . . pink sugar frosting
B) lumps of sugar . . . raisins
C) gum drops . . . lumps of sugar
(B) "For his eyes she used two tiny lumps of
sugar" and with "six fat raisins she made
pretty buttons for his coat."
Then she placed him on his back on the pan,
put him in the oven . . .
. . . and closed the door.
She swept and cleaned the house while waiting
for the little Gingerbread Boy to bake glossy
brown.
All of a sudden, the little old woman heard a
little voice calling from the oven.
"Help! Help! Let me out!"
She dropped her broom . . .
. . . and happily ran to open the oven door.
4. The woman went to take the Gingerbread
Boy out of the oven when:
A) the timer which she had set for 10
minutes went off
B) she heard a voice calling her from the
oven
C) she noticed by the clock that it was time
(B) All of a sudden she heard a voice from
the oven.
Out jumped the Gingerbread Boy to the floor.
But, instead of playing about the kitchen . . .
╩. . . the naughty little Gingerbread Boy ran
out the open door
shouting:
"A Gingerbread Boy, I am, I am; I can run
from you, I can, I can."
"Stop! Stop!" shouted the little old man
in the garden . . .
╚. . . but the Gingerbread Boy paid no
attention and slipped through the gate.
╚He ran down the road as fast as his
gingerbread legs would go.
5. What happened next?
A) The little old woman and the little
old man sat down and ate the
freshly-baked Gingerbread Boy.
B) The Gingerbread Boy ran out of the
kitchen and down the road.
C) The old woman placed the Gingerbread
Boy on the window sill to cool.
(B) The Gingerbread Boy shouted at
the woman, ignored the man, and ran
down the road.
╚By and by, he came to a field where some
men were mowing the tall grass with long
scythes.
"Stop! Stop!" shouted the mowers.
But he only answered: "A Gingerbread Boy,
I am, I am; I ran away from a little old
woman, and I ran away from a little old man,
and now from you I can run, I can!"
After a while he met a Red Cow with soft
brown eyes.
"Stop! Stop!" she called, with a motherly moo.
But he only answered:
╚"A Gingerbread Boy, I am, I am! I ran away
from a little old woman, a little old man,
a field full of mowers, and now from you
I can run, I can!"
6. As he ran, the Gingerbread Boy passed:
A) a field full of mowers
B) a red cow with soft brown eyes
C) both A and B
(C) He passed both of these as he ran.
By and by he almost bumped into a big,
fat pig, with a little curly tail.
"Stop! Stop!'' called the pig. But the
little Gingerbread Boy only answered:
"A Gingerbread Boy, I am, I am: I ran away
from a little old woman, a little old man,
a field full of mowers, an old red cow, and
now from you I can run, I can!"
╚So on and on he ran . . .
╠. . . until at last he came to where the
road ran right into a river.
7. The Gingerbread Boy stopped to talk to
the big, fat pig.
A) true
B) false
(B) The Gingerbread Boy kept running as he
called to the pig.
╚Standing beside the river was a sly, old fox.
He smiled at the Gingerbread Boy . . .
╚. . . and with a little bow, he said:
"Would you like to cross the river, my
friend?"
╚Now the little Gingerbread Boy smiled at
the fox because he was new to the ways of
the world and didn't know to be afraid.
"Yes, I would," he said.
8. When he got to the river, the
Gingerbread Boy met a:
A) fox
B) pig
C) cow
D) girl
(A) At the river, he met a fox.
"Then, hop on my back and I will take you
across," the fox told him.
So the Gingerbread Boy hopped on the fox's
back . . .
. . . and the fox started swimming across the
river. When they reached the middle, the fox
said:
"Hop up on my shoulders, you will get
wet there on my back."
So the Gingerbread Boy hopped up to the
fox's shoulders, and the sly old fox
licked his lips hungrily.
After they had gone a little farther,
the fox said:
"Hop up on my nose and I'm sure you won't
get wet!"
And the little Gingerbread Boy was about to
hop up on the fox's nose . . .
. . . when a duck swam along beside the
fox, and called out:
"Quack, quack! Don't hop up to the fox's
nose, Gingerbread Boy, or he will eat you
up!"
9. A ________ warned the Gingerbread Boy
about the fox.
A) fish
B) duck
C) cow
D) pig
(B) A duck warned the Gingerbread Boy not
to get too close to the fox's mouth.
The Gingerbread Boy became frightened and
cried out, "But I can't swim. If I get in
the water I'll melt. What shall I do?"
"Quack, quack. Hop over to my back and
hang onto my wings, and I will take you
home to the old woman who loves you very
much," the duck told him.
So the Gingerbread Boy hopped over to the
duck's back . . .
. . . held on to his wings, and they flew
away.
10. From the fox's back, the Gingerbread
Boy hopped to the:
A) duck's back
B) cow's shoulders
C) pig's head
D) old man's lap
(A) The Gingerbread Boy hopped to the
duck's back.
╦They flew past the big, fat pig . . .
. . . past the old red cow . . .
. . . past the mowers in the field . . .
╩. . . and past the old man in the garden . . .
╠. . . and right to the kitchen door where
the old woman was waiting.
11. How did the Gingerbread Boy get back
to the kitchen?
A) He flew on the duck's back.
B) He ran back as fast as his legs could
carry him.
C) He got a ride in a farmer's wagon.
(A) The Gingerbread Boy was on the duck's
back, and the duck flew to the kitchen
door where the little old woman was waiting.
The Gingerbread Boy jumped right into her
outstretched arms and she pressed him
to her heart.
╩And as the duck flew away the old woman and
the Gingerbread Boy waved goodbye to
him . . .
╚. . . and so, the little Gingerbread Boy
returned home; and he never ran away again.
12. How did the story of the Gingerbread Boy
end?
A) The Gingerbread Boy was happy to be
back home and he didn't run away again.
B) The Gingerbread Boy went off with the
duck to join a large number of ducks.
C) The old woman decided never to bake
again.
(A) The "little Gingerbread Boy returned
home; and he never ran away again."
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