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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.Both Anansi tales end by explaining something about the world today. What kind of stories are they?
  • A.Instructions for catching spiders
  • B.Stories that explain how something came to be
  • C.True stories about real spiders
2.In Story 1, Ollie is scared of the dark and his sister helps him. In Story 2, his sister fears thunder and Ollie helps her. What has changed?
  • A.Where the family lives
  • B.The names of the characters
  • C.Who helps whom
3.In Story 1, Kit the cat learns to share. In Story 2, Kit learns to tell the truth. What stays the same?
  • A.Kit learns a lesson by the end
  • B.Kit never changes
  • C.The lesson Kit learns
4.Story 1 happens on a farm in summer. Story 2 happens on the same farm in winter. What is different?
  • A.The season
  • B.The place
  • C.The characters
5.Both stories by the same author begin with a character finding a strange object. What does that show?
  • A.The two stories are exactly the same
  • B.The objects are the main characters
  • C.The author likes to start plots the same way
6.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.The events of the day
  • C.What each character thinks about it
7.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.Races are unfair
  • C.Rivers are dangerous
8.In the first fox story the fox tricks a goat. In the second a crane tricks the fox. What changes?
  • A.This time the fox is the one who is fooled
  • B.Nothing changes at all
  • C.The fox turns into a goat

LessonPrint · RL.3.9 · Set 15 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Same Author, Same Characters

Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Stories that explain how something came to be
  2. 2.Who helps whom
  3. 3.Kit learns a lesson by the end
  4. 4.The season
  5. 5.The author likes to start plots the same way
  6. 6.The events of the day
  7. 7.Boasting leads to trouble
  8. 8.This time the fox is the one who is fooled

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