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Same Author, Same Characters is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on comparing two stories in a series by what stays and what changes, aligned to Common Core standard RL.3.9. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students 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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Same Author, Same Characters

RL.3.9

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1.In both books about Mr. Pottle, one of his inventions goes wrong in a funny way. What do the plots share?
  • A.Mr. Pottle never invents anything
  • B.An invention causes a funny problem
  • C.Every invention works perfectly
2.Both stories by the same author begin with a character finding a strange object. What does that show?
  • A.The author likes to start plots the same way
  • B.The two stories are exactly the same
  • C.The objects are the main characters
3.Story 1 is told by Max. Story 2 tells the same day through his sister's eyes. What is the same?
  • A.The narrator
  • B.What each character thinks about it
  • C.The events of the day
4.In Story 1, Hare boasts and loses a race. In Story 2, Hare boasts and falls in a river. What message do both share?
  • A.Boasting leads to trouble
  • B.Rivers are dangerous
  • C.Races are unfair
5.In Story 1, Kit the cat learns to share. In Story 2, Kit learns to tell the truth. What stays the same?
  • A.The lesson Kit learns
  • B.Kit learns a lesson by the end
  • C.Kit never changes
6.In one Anansi tale he tricks his friends to get food. In another he tricks the Sky God to win all the stories. What is the same in both?
  • A.Anansi is punished by Rabbit
  • B.Anansi loses his legs
  • C.Anansi uses a trick to get what he wants
7.Story 1 happens on a farm in summer. Story 2 happens on the same farm in winter. What is different?
  • A.The characters
  • B.The place
  • C.The season
8.Both Anansi tales end by explaining something about the world today. What kind of stories are they?
  • A.Instructions for catching spiders
  • B.True stories about real spiders
  • C.Stories that explain how something came to be

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Answer key — Same Author, Same Characters

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  1. 1.An invention causes a funny problem
  2. 2.The author likes to start plots the same way
  3. 3.The events of the day
  4. 4.Boasting leads to trouble
  5. 5.Kit learns a lesson by the end
  6. 6.Anansi uses a trick to get what he wants
  7. 7.The season
  8. 8.Stories that explain how something came to be

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.3.9 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.