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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 Story 1, Kit the cat learns to share. In Story 2, Kit learns to tell the truth. What stays the same?
  • A.Kit never changes
  • B.Kit learns a lesson by the end
  • C.The lesson Kit learns
2.Story 1 happens on a farm in summer. Story 2 happens on the same farm in winter. What is different?
  • A.The place
  • B.The season
  • C.The characters
3.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
4.In Story 1, Tess is shy at her new school. In Story 3, she welcomes a new student herself. What does comparing them show?
  • A.Tess has moved to a third school
  • B.Tess has grown more confident
  • C.Tess is still too shy to speak
5.Story 1 is told by Max. Story 2 tells the same day through his sister's eyes. What is the same?
  • A.What each character thinks about it
  • B.The narrator
  • C.The events of the day
6.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.Who helps whom
  • B.Where the family lives
  • C.The names of the characters
7.In both books about Mr. Pottle, one of his inventions goes wrong in a funny way. What do the plots share?
  • A.Every invention works perfectly
  • B.An invention causes a funny problem
  • C.Mr. Pottle never invents anything
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.The fox turns into a goat
  • C.Nothing changes at all

LessonPrint · RL.3.9 · Set 6 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Same Author, Same Characters

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  1. 1.Kit learns a lesson by the end
  2. 2.The season
  3. 3.The author likes to start plots the same way
  4. 4.Tess has grown more confident
  5. 5.The events of the day
  6. 6.Who helps whom
  7. 7.An invention causes a funny problem
  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.