Anh's Adventure
Anh & The Ancient Monastery
Quiz 10 — What the Tablet Says
15 Questions
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You know nouns, adjectives, noun phrases, adverbs, subjects, and verbs. Today — a new skill: finding the main idea of a paragraph.
New skill: Main idea. Every paragraph has one main idea — the most important thing it is about. Supporting details add information, but the main idea is what the whole paragraph is saying.
Main ideaThe scholars chose this mountain because it was safe and far from danger.
DetailThey built the library over three years.
DetailThe tablet said they were happy in their work.
The details are true — but they support the main idea. They are not the main point of the paragraph.
Question types:
Main idea
Verb
Adverb
Comprehension
Fill in
Inference
A
After dinner, the three of them sat under the large tree. The garden was dark and very still. Minh lit a small lamp and placed it between them. He unfolded his notes and quietly began to read aloud what the tablet had said. Toan and Anh listened without speaking.
B
The scholars had called themselves the Keepers. They came from different cities and different places — some from the south, some from far to the north. But what they had in common was books. Each of them had spent their life reading, copying, and collecting. They were not soldiers or rulers. They were people who loved learning.
C
They chose this mountain because it was remote. “Like far away?” Toan asked. “Yes,” said Minh. “Far from roads, cities, and the kind of trouble that follows people.” The mountain was hard to reach. That was the point. Nobody would come here by accident. The library would be safe because the place itself was safe.
D
The tablet said the Keepers had built the library to preserve knowledge. “Like fruit in a jar?” said Toan suddenly. Minh looked at him. “Exactly like that,” he said. “But for ideas.” Outside the walls, things were changing — old books were being lost, libraries were closing, knowledge was disappearing. The Keepers built this place to carefully keep what might otherwise be lost forever.
E
At the end of the tablet, there was a promise. If they had to leave, they would return. If they could not return, they would send others who knew the way. The promise was carved in stone — not written on paper — so that it could not be lost or burned or destroyed. Minh folded his notes carefully. “They meant to come back,” he said. “They always meant to come back.”
F
Toan looked at the garden wall. “So why didn’t they?” A long silence. “I don’t know,” said Minh. “Not yet.” After a while, Toan and Minh went inside. Anh stayed. He looked up at the stars above the dark trees on the hill. The monastery was not just a place where he lived anymore. It was a place with a past — a long, careful, hidden past — that was slowly becoming visible. He sat there for a long time after the lamp had gone out.
Word Help
remote — far away from cities, roads, and people
preserve — to keep something safe so it is not lost
rulers — people with power who control a country or city
carved — cut into stone or wood to make letters or shapes
knowledge — all the things that are known and understood
visible — able to be seen; not hidden anymore
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Find the main idea.
The main idea is what the whole paragraph is mostly about. A detail tells you one specific thing. The main idea tells you the point of the whole paragraph. Ask: What is this paragraph mainly saying?
Question 1
What is Paragraph B mainly about?
Paragraph BMain idea
A
The Keepers came from many different places but all loved learning and booksB
Some of the Keepers came from the south and some came from far to the northC
The Keepers were not soldiers or rulers, which is an important detail about who they were notQuestion 2
What is Paragraph D mainly about?
Paragraph DMain idea
A
Toan compares preserving knowledge to keeping fruit in a jarB
The Keepers built the library to preserve knowledge that was disappearing outsideC
Old books were being lost and libraries were closing in the world outside the monastery wallsQuestion 3
What is Paragraph E mainly about?
Paragraph EMain idea
A
The promise was carved in stone, not written on paperB
Minh folds his notes carefully at the end of paragraph EC
The Keepers made a promise to return — or send others — if they had to leave2
Main idea or supporting detail?
Read the paragraph. Decide: is this sentence the main idea of the paragraph, or just a supporting detail?
Question 4
In Paragraph C, this sentence appears: “The mountain was hard to reach.” Is this the main idea of the paragraph, or a supporting detail?
Paragraph CMain idea
A
Main idea — the whole paragraph is about how hard the mountain was to reachB
Supporting detail — it supports the main idea that they chose the mountain because it was remote and safeC
Supporting detail — it is not important to the paragraph and can be ignoredQuestion 5
In Paragraph F, this sentence appears: “Toan and Minh went inside.” Is this the main idea, or a supporting detail?
Paragraph FMain idea
A
Main idea — the paragraph is about what Toan and Minh do at the end of the eveningB
Supporting detail — the main idea is that Anh stays and sees the monastery differently for the first timeC
Main idea — the paragraph is mostly about the conversation between Toan and Minh before they go insideQuestion 6
Complete this sentence about the main idea of Paragraph B.
Paragraph B is mainly about a group of scholars called the ___.
Paragraph BFill in
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Revision — verbs and adverbs.
Use what you know from earlier quizzes.
Question 7
In Paragraph A, “Minh quietly began to read aloud.” Which word is the verb?
Paragraph AVerb
A
quietlyB
beganC
aloudQuestion 8
In Paragraph F, “the monastery’s past was slowly becoming visible.” What kind of word is “slowly”?
Paragraph FAdverb
A
An adjective — it describes the pastB
An adverb — it describes how the past was becoming visibleC
A noun — it names the way things change4
What does the story say?
The answer is stated in the story. Read carefully.
Question 9
According to Paragraph D, why did the Keepers build the library?
Paragraph DComprehension
A
To preserve knowledge that was disappearing outsideB
To give the Keepers a quiet place to write their own books away from the noise of citiesC
To hide their most valuable personal possessions somewhere that rulers could never find themQuestion 10
Complete this sentence using one word from Paragraph E.
The promise was ___ in stone so that it could not be lost or destroyed.
Paragraph EFill in
Question 11
In Paragraph C, why did the Keepers choose a mountain that was hard to reach?
Paragraph CComprehension
A
So the library would be safeB
Because the founder of the Keepers had grown up near this mountain as a child and knew it wellC
Because mountains always have good water and clean air, which helps to keep books in good conditionQuestion 12
Complete this sentence using one word from Paragraph D.
Toan said: “Like fruit in a jar?” Minh said: “Exactly like that. But for ___.”
Paragraph DFill in
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Read between the lines.
The answer is not stated directly. Use the clues to work it out.
Question 13
In Paragraph F, Minh says “I don’t know. Not yet.” What does “not yet” tell you about Minh?
Paragraph FInference
A
He believes the answer exists and intends to find itB
He is too tired from the climb and the reading and wants to go to sleep before answeringC
He thinks it is not possible to know what happened to the Keepers and has decided to stop lookingQuestion 14
At the end of Paragraph F, Anh stays outside alone after the lamp goes out. What does this tell you about how he feels?
Paragraph FInference
A
He is frightened of the dark inside the monasteryB
He is still thinking — what he has heard has affected him deeply and he is not ready to stop yetC
He is angry that Minh did not answer Toan’s question properlyQuestion 15
Complete this sentence using words from Paragraph F that describe what the monastery has become for Anh.
The monastery was not just a place where Anh lived — it was a place with a ___.
Paragraph FFill in
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📋 Answers
Q1
A — the Keepers came from many places but all loved learningThis is what the whole paragraph is about. Option B gives one detail about where they came from. Option C gives one detail about who they were not. The main idea covers the whole paragraph.
Q2
B — they built the library to preserve disappearing knowledgeThis is the main point of Paragraph D. Options A and C are both details that appear in the paragraph — they support the main idea, but neither one is the point of the whole paragraph.
Q3
C — the Keepers made a promise to return or send othersThis is what Paragraph E is mainly about. Option A is a detail about how the promise was made. Option B is a detail about what Minh does at the end of the paragraph.
Q4
B — supporting detail“The mountain was hard to reach” is true — but it is one reason why the mountain was remote and safe. The main idea of Paragraph C is that they chose the mountain because it was remote and safe. This detail supports that idea.
Q5
B — supporting detail“Toan and Minh went inside” is a small action that sets up what follows. The main idea of Paragraph F is Anh staying alone and seeing the monastery differently. “Toan and Minh went inside” makes that possible — it is a detail, not the main point.
Q6
KeepersParagraph B: “The scholars had called themselves the Keepers.” This is the name they gave themselves. The whole paragraph introduces who they were.
Q7
B — beganAsk: what did Minh do? He began — that is the action. “Quietly” is an adverb telling you how. “Aloud” is an adverb telling you in what manner he read.
Q8
B — an adverb“Slowly” tells you how the past was becoming visible — not all at once, but gradually. It describes the verb “becoming.” That makes it an adverb.
Q9
A — to preserve knowledge that was disappearingParagraph D: “The Keepers built this place to carefully keep what might otherwise be lost forever.” Options B and C add details not in the text.
Q10
carvedParagraph E: “The promise was carved in stone — not written on paper — so that it could not be lost or burned or destroyed.” Carving into stone is permanent in a way that paper is not.
Q11
A — so the library would be safeParagraph C: “The library would be safe because the place itself was safe.” Options B and C add details that are not in the text.
Q12
ideasParagraph D: “Like fruit in a jar. But for ideas.” Minh uses Toan’s metaphor to explain what “preserve knowledge” means — keeping ideas safe, the way you keep fruit safe in a sealed jar.
Q13
A — he believes the answer exists and intends to find it“Not yet” does not mean never. It means: I don’t have the answer now, but I am still looking. This is the same Minh who spent eight years searching for a book he was not sure existed.
Q14
B — still thinking and not ready to stopAnh stays outside alone, in the dark, after the lamp has gone out. Nobody who is frightened or angry sits quietly in the dark. He is thinking. What he has heard has changed something in him.
Q15
pastParagraph F: “It was a place with a past — a long, careful, hidden past — that was slowly becoming visible.” The monastery now means something different to Anh than it did when he arrived.