Diamonds and Toads — Questions and answers

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In the story 'Diamonds and Toads,' what was one of the younger daughter's hardest chores for her mother?

Choices

  1. cooking all the meals for her mother and sister
  2. cleaning the entire house from top to bottom
  3. mending all the clothes for the family
  4. walking more than a mile every day to fetch water from a spring ✓

Answer: walking more than a mile every day to fetch water from a spring

From page 1

In 'Diamonds and Toads,' what did the younger daughter do while walking to the spring?

Choices

  1. She grumbled about the long walk.
  2. She turned back because the sun was too high.
  3. She went along steadily, humming a little to herself. ✓
  4. She stopped to pick flowers by the path.

Answer: She went along steadily, humming a little to herself.

From page 2

In 'Diamonds and Toads,' what special gift did the fairy give the younger daughter for being kind?

Choices

  1. She would never have to work again for her mother.
  2. With every word she spoke, a flower or a jewel would fall from her mouth. ✓
  3. She would find a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
  4. She would be able to fly wherever she wanted to go.

Answer: With every word she spoke, a flower or a jewel would fall from her mouth.

From page 3

In 'Diamonds and Toads,' what fell from the younger daughter's mouth when she spoke to her mother?

Choices

  1. a basket full of ripe red apples
  2. a handful of shiny gold coins
  3. two roses, two pearls, and two large diamonds ✓
  4. three beautiful singing birds

Answer: two roses, two pearls, and two large diamonds

From page 4

In 'Diamonds and Toads,' what did the mother give her elder daughter to carry to the spring?

Choices

  1. a small wooden bucket
  2. a fancy glass goblet
  3. a plain clay pitcher
  4. the good silver tankard ✓

Answer: the good silver tankard

From page 5

In 'Diamonds and Toads,' what special gift did the fine lady give the elder daughter for being unkind?

Choices

  1. With every word she spoke, a snake or a toad would fall from her mouth. ✓
  2. She would never be able to speak again.
  3. She would turn into a frog if she spoke rudely.
  4. She would always be lost in the forest.

Answer: With every word she spoke, a snake or a toad would fall from her mouth.

From page 6

In 'Diamonds and Toads,' what fell from the elder daughter's mouth when she spoke to her mother?

Choices

  1. a pile of dry leaves and twigs
  2. a few small, broken pieces of glass
  3. two snakes and two toads ✓
  4. a handful of muddy pebbles

Answer: two snakes and two toads

From page 7

In 'Diamonds and Toads,' where did the younger daughter sit down and cry after her mother sent her away?

Choices

  1. in the middle of the village square
  2. beside the spring where she met the fairy
  3. at the foot of a big old tree ✓
  4. at the door of a kind stranger's house

Answer: at the foot of a big old tree

From page 8

In 'Diamonds and Toads,' who discovered the younger daughter crying in the forest?

Choices

  1. a kind old woodcutter gathering firewood
  2. a traveling merchant looking for new paths
  3. a group of friendly villagers on their way to market
  4. a king's son riding through the forest on a hunt ✓

Answer: a king's son riding through the forest on a hunt

From page 9

In 'Diamonds and Toads,' what happened to the younger daughter after the prince found her?

Choices

  1. The prince married her, and they lived happily together in the palace. ✓
  2. She returned to her mother's house and was welcomed back.
  3. She traveled the world, sharing her jewels with everyone.
  4. She became a royal gardener and tended to the palace flowers.

Answer: The prince married her, and they lived happily together in the palace.

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