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Lesson Plan

Explore Puss In Boots
A Fairy Tale by Charles Perrault

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QUESTIONS
Comprehension and Recall

  1. Why is the main character named 'Puss In Boots?'
    (Puss tells his master to give him a pair of boots to wear.)
  2. How does the young man become Puss In Boot's master?
    (When a miller dies, he leaves the mill to his eldest son, his donkey to his middle son, and his cat to his youngest son.)
  3. How does Puss trap the rabbits?
    (He puts food in his open bag and waits for them to go inside. Then he ties it shut.)
  4. Where does he take the rabbits?
    (He takes them to the King.)
  5. What does Puss tell the King about the rabbits?
    (He tells the King that his master, the Duke of Carabas, has sent the rabbits as a gift.)
  6. Why does Puss tell this lie to the King?
    (Puss wants the King to appreciate his master's generosity.)
  7. How does Puss trick the King into giving new clothes to his master?
    (He has his master hide his clothes and go into the river as the King's carriage passes by. Puss then shouts for help and says that thieves have stolen his master's clothes. The King gives fine new clothes to Puss's master.)
  8. Why does Puss run down the road ahead of the carriage?
    (He wants to trick the King into thinking that the peasants in the fields love his master, the Duke of Carabas.)
  9. How does Puss trick the ogre?
    (After the ogre turns into a lion, Puss tells him that he doesn't believe he can turn into something very tiny. The ogre proves he can by turning into a mouse. Puss pounces and eats him.)
  10. Why does Puss invite the King into the ogre's castle?
    (Puss wants the King to think the castle belongs to his master.)
  11. What happens to Puss In Boots' master at the end of the story?
    (He marries the princess.)
  12. What happens to Puss In Boots at the end of the story?
    (Puss becomes a great lord.)

Illustration on this page by Gustave Dore (1862)

 

     

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