Question

[1]There was once a man, who, although he was very rich, was also very

stingy (1). In the winter when the peasants (2) brought him wood to buy,
he would give them only half their price.
One day, as he was
purchasing a large
bundle of wood from a
Poor Man, a Priest came
by. He saw the few
pennies that the Rich Man
had thrown at the Poor
Man's feet, and he could
not help saying, —
“My Rich Brother, can you
not be more generous
than this? Do you not see
that this Poor Woodsman
has brought you a large bundle of wood, and you are sending him away
with only a penny or two? How can he buy bread enough to keep
himself and his family from starving with such small wages?”
But the Rich Man was greatly vexed (3) at the Priest's words. “What is it to
me that the man is poor?” he cried, and he drove both the Poor Man
and the Priest from his door.
[5]That very night, this same bundle of sticks caught fire and the Rich
Man's house and barn burned to the ground. Thus he awoke the next
morning to find himself as poor as the poorest wood-chopper from
whom he had ever bought wood.
1. What is the topic of this text
(What is it about)?
2. Why do you think the rich
man was annoyed at what
the priest was telling him?
3. What lesson is the author trying to teach the reader with this story? Answer using 2-3 complete
sentences.
4A. Which statement expresses a theme of the folktale?
4B. Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
5A. What is the main difference between the Priest and the Rich Man?
5B. Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
6. What does paragraph 3 reveal about the Priest and the Rich Man? Use details from the folktale in
your response. Answer using 2-3 complete sentences.

Answer 1

1. The topic of the text is about showing kindness to people with less, as it could easily be you

2. He was annoyed because he knew that the Priest was right. He should be more giving, yet his selfishness and greed got in the way of that, and he knew it.

3. Be kind to people with less, it could easily be you. The moral is also that you shouldn't judge someone if you haven't been in their situation.