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Complete the cause and effect chart
(from the short story)
see example
Complete the cause and effect chart
Complete the study questions for the
short story
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1. What event at the beginning of the story upsets and angers the Mandarin?
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2. Why do the two cities continually rebuild their walls?
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3. How is the rivalry between the two cities brought to an end?
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4. Why does the Mandarin’s daughter advise him from behind the screen?
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5. What can you infer, or conclude, about the townspeople based on how they respond to the Mandarin’s plans?
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6. Why did people have to get sick and even die before the Mandarins sought to bring an end to their rivalry?
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7. Should the townspeople have continued to follow the Mandarin’s advice – even though doing so was resulting in disease and death?
Why or why not?
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8. What were the first hints that the rivalry between the two towns was going to have a disastrous outcome? ~ Support your answer
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9. At what point in the story were you able to predict the outcome? ~ Explain
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10. Define the word FABLE.
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11. (a)What poor choices are made by the Mandarin’s daughter and the Mandarin in the story?
(b) What are the ultimate consequences of those choices?
12. Define the word MORAL (the moral of the story is…).
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13. In your own words, express the moral of the story.
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14. Did you like the short story “The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind”? Why or why not? Explain.
Complete language handbook
worksheets p. 140
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