ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES (chapter one)

1. Match the words with the story characters

a. Ali Baba is a woodcutter.
b. Kasim is a merchant.
c. Morgiana is a servant.
d. Arshad is the chief of some thieves.
e. Baba Mustafa is a cobbler.
2. Which person in the story is this? Write the names.
a. He’s is rich with a nice shop. Kasim
b. He’s poor with a little house. Ali Baba
c. He’s old, but works well with his hands. Baba Mustafa
d. She’s young, quick, and clever.
e. He’s angry with Ali Baba and Kasim.

READING CHECK

3. Are these sentences true or false?

a. Ali Baba has lots of money. F
b. Ali Baba’s brother, Kasim, has no money. F
c. Ali Baba is working in the garden. F
d. When Ali Baba hears some men, he goes behind a tree. T
e. There are fourteen men. F
f. The men are all thieves. T
g. The men cry,’ Close Sesame’, and they go into a cave. F
h. Later, the men leave the cave. T
i. Ali Baba wants to look in the cave. T

GUESS WHAT

4. What does Ali Baba do in the next chapter?

a. He is afraid of the thieves, so he doesn’t go into the cave.
b. He visits the cave and finds treasure in it. He takes some home.
c. He runs home and tells Kasim. Kasim goes into the cave first.