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Same Author, Same Characters is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on finding what two related stories share and change, aligned to Common Core standard RL.3.9. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 of them with 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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Same Author, Same Characters

RL.3.9

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Read the text, then answer the questions.

1.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. How is the goat's fate different from Anansi's?
  2. 2. How is the fox like Anansi?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.

The Museum Key (a scene from a play)

SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night. Boxes everywhere. A single desk lamp. PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday. On this shelf. JON: You are sure it was this shelf? PRIYA: I dusted it. I am sure. JON: (lifting a lid) Then somebody moved it after Tuesday. PRIYA: Or before Tuesday, and I dusted the empty space. (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.) JON: That is worse. PRIYA: I know.

  1. 1. How is a scene from a play different from a chapter of a story?
  2. 2. What does this scene share with a story?

LessonPrint · RL.3.9 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Same Author, Same Characters

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The goat is trapped by trusting somebody else; Anansi is trapped by his own greed. 2. Both use a clever scheme to get what they want at somebody else's expense.
  2. 2.1. A scene gives speech and stage directions only; a chapter can tell you what a character thinks. 2. Characters, a setting, a problem and a turn — it just presents them differently.

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