Jack and the Beanstalk Vocabulary and Questions

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Vocabulary:

  1. Widow-
  2. To be sick-
  3. To run out of something-
  4. Weak/week-
  5. Half-
  6. Theif-
  7. To plop-
  8. To snatch-
  9. To trick-
  10. To squint-
  11. To knock on the door-
  12. To bang on the door-
  13. To peer (around)-
  14. To grumble-
  15. To scrub-
  16. To grind-

Questions:

  1. Who is the main character in the story?
  2. Who are the other characters?
  3. What is the setting of the story?
  4. Why did Jack climb up the beanstalk?
  5. What happened the first time?
  6. What happened the second time?
  7. What is the lesson or moral of the story?