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Questions and Key Details is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on answering across a story from its stated details, aligned to Common Core standard RL.3.1. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Questions and Key Details

RL.3.1

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Night the Lamp Went Out

Grace's father kept the lighthouse. On the worst night of the winter, the lamp went out. He was ill in bed. Grace was eleven. She carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark, twice, because the can was too heavy to lift full. Her arms shook so much on the second trip that she had to sit down halfway. She trimmed the wick the way she had watched a hundred times. She struck the match on the fourth try. By the time the light swung out across the water, three ships had already turned back. Grace never knew whether she had been in time. She decided not to think about it.

  1. 1. Why did she make the trip twice?
  2. 2. How many tries did the match take?
  3. 3. How many steps did Grace climb?
  4. 4. How does the setting make the events harder?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Fox and the Well

A fox leaned too far over a well and fell in. The water was shallow, but the walls were smooth and far too high to climb. He was still sitting there when a goat came by and looked down. "Is the water good?" asked the goat. "The best I have ever tasted," said the fox. "Come down and see." The goat jumped in. The fox climbed onto the goat's back, sprang out, and trotted off. "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?" "You should have thought about that," said the fox, "before you jumped."

  1. 1. Why could the fox not climb out?
  2. 2. How did the fox get into the well?
  3. 3. How did the fox escape?
  4. 4. Where does this story take place?

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Answer key — Questions and Key Details

Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The can was too heavy to lift full. 2. Four. 3. Ninety-seven. 4. It is the worst night of the winter, dark, with ninety-seven steps to climb.
  2. 2.1. The walls were smooth and far too high. 2. He leaned too far over and fell in. 3. He climbed onto the goat's back and sprang out. 4. At a well with smooth, high walls and shallow water at the bottom.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.3.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.