The Gingerbread Man — Questions and answers

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What did the old woman use to make the gingerbread man's eyes?

Choices

  1. two buttons
  2. two icing dots
  3. two currants ✓
  4. two pieces of candied peel

Answer: two currants

From page 1

What did the gingerbread man do right after the old woman opened the oven door?

Choices

  1. He jumped down onto the kitchen floor. ✓
  2. He started to sing a song.
  3. He asked for more icing.
  4. He went back into the oven.

Answer: He jumped down onto the kitchen floor.

From page 2

Where did the gingerbread man go after leaving the farmyard?

Choices

  1. back to the kitchen
  2. to the hayfield
  3. into the barn
  4. out onto the lane ✓

Answer: out onto the lane

From page 3

Who did the gingerbread man meet first down the lane?

Choices

  1. a fox
  2. the old man
  3. a cow ✓
  4. a pig

Answer: a cow

From page 4

What animal did the gingerbread man meet after the cow?

Choices

  1. a barking dog
  2. an enormous pink sow ✓
  3. a busy horse
  4. a clucking chicken

Answer: an enormous pink sow

From page 5

What were the men in the hayfield doing when the gingerbread man ran past?

Choices

  1. They were working with their scythes. ✓
  2. They were sleeping in the sun.
  3. They were eating their lunch.
  4. They were playing a game.

Answer: They were working with their scythes.

From page 6

How many threshers were beating corn in the barn in 'The Gingerbread Man'?

Choices

  1. twenty threshers
  2. ten threshers
  3. fifteen threshers
  4. twelve threshers ✓

Answer: twelve threshers

From page 7

What animal offered to help the gingerbread man cross the river?

Choices

  1. a fox ✓
  2. a beaver
  3. a fish
  4. a duck

Answer: a fox

From page 8

Where did the gingerbread man climb when the fox said the water was over his head?

Choices

  1. onto the fox's tail
  2. onto the end of the fox's nose ✓
  3. onto the fox's shoulder
  4. onto the fox's back

Answer: onto the end of the fox's nose

From page 9

What happened to the gingerbread man at the very end of his journey?

Choices

  1. The fox ate him. ✓
  2. He ran away again.
  3. He swam to the other side.
  4. He went back to the old woman.

Answer: The fox ate him.

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