What is a central idea of "The Three Brass Pennies"?
A. When a magician rewards a man with the gift of knowledge, he becomes a great mathematician.
B. Two men end a friendship when one tells the other how he really feels about him.
C. When man's wishes for power disappoint him, he learns that true happiness comes from within.
D. A man frees a bee that is trapped in a spider web and brings it back to his home.
How does the setting of the poem influence the speaker's decision in the first stanza?
A. The lonely setting makes the speaker appreciate his horse.
B. The harsh setting makes the speaker afraid of staying in the woods.
C. The peaceful setting makes the speaker stop and watch the snow fall.
D. The busy setting makes the speaker rush through the woods.
In "The Three Brass Pennies," how does Ah Fo’s decision to give back the magic pennies affect the magician?
A. It teaches him that the magic pennies are dangerous to people and he keeps them for himself.
B. Like Ah Fo, he learns that hard work and honest effort bring more happiness than power or money.
C. Because of Ah Fo, the magician no longer allows people to choose what they want to wish for.
D. He insists that Ah Fo keep the pennies and helps him make sensible wishes for a castle and a wife.
Read this line from "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep.
What effect do the words lovely, dark, and deep have on the poem?
A. They give the poem a respectful tone.
B. They create a nervous tone.
C. They give the poem a fearful tone.
D. They create a careless tone.
Which sentence best summarizes the beginning of “The Three Brass Pennies"?
A. A magician changes himself into a bee to escape from another magician.
B. A magician refuses to grant Ah Fo’s wishes because he thinks they are dangerous.
C. Ah Fo is shocked when a bee he freed from a web leaves him a message of thanks.
D. Ah Fo rescues a bee from a spider web and is rewarded with three wishes.
