Q3-M5 Pre-Assessment

Read the passage below. Then answer the questions that follow. Choose the letter of the correct answer.                                                                                                             THE GOLDEN RULE                                                                                               Narrated by Cipriano Serafica from Pangasinan                                                                                                                                                                                                       1A long time ago there lived in a town a couple who had a son. 2The father of the husband lived with his son and daughter-in-law happily for many years. 3But when he grew very old, he became very feeble. 4Every time he ate, he always broke a plate, because his hands trembled so. 5The old man’s awkwardness soon made his son angry, and one day he made a wooden plate. 6When the grandson noticed what his father had done, he took some tools and went down under the house. 7There he took a piece of board and began to carve it. 8When his father saw this, he said to him, “What are you doing, son?” the boy replied to him, “Father, I am making wooden plates for you and my mother when you are old.” 9As the son uttered these words, tears gushed from the father’s eyes. 10From the time on, the old man was always allowed to eat at the table with the rest of the family, nor was he made to eat from a wooden plate.                                                                1. The word feeble in sentence no. 3 means

 Who is the main character in the story?

Which Filipino Culture may have influenced the writer in creating the text?

Which sentence in the passage supports your answer in item no. 3?

The title of the story suggests its message. What is the message of the text?