Question

Part A

What is the theme of "The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf"?


A joke is only funny the first time someone tells it.

People should always believe warnings of danger.

No one believes liars even when they are telling the truth.

People can lose friends when they play tricks on them.
Question 2
Part B

Which evidence best supports the answer in Part A?


"A Shepherd's Boy…thought it would be great fun to hoax the villagers by pretending that a Wolf was attacking the sheep: so he shouted out, 'Wolf! wolf!' and when the people came running up he laughed at them for their pains."

"He did this more than once, and every time the villagers found they had been hoaxed, for there was no Wolf at all."

"At last a Wolf really did come, and the Boy cried, 'Wolf! wolf!' as loud as he could: but the people were so used to hearing him call that they took no notice of his cries for help."

"And so the Wolf had it all his own way, and killed off sheep after sheep at his leisure."

Answer 1

For Part A:

No one believes liars even when they are telling the truth.

For Part B:

"At last a Wolf really did come, and the Boy cried, 'Wolf! wolf!' as loud as he could: but the people were so used to hearing him call that they took no notice of his cries for help."

Step-by-step explanation:

For Part A, the theme must be reasonable. The theme "No one believes liars even when they are telling the truth." is the most practical since it states the lesson the author wants the readers and the protagonist to learn. For Part B, the evidence best supports the theme. Because it says that the people were already not believing the boy since he called so many times as a joke. Therefore, for Part A, the answer is C, and the answer for Part B is also C.