Question
The Girl Who Drew Cats
by Eugie Foster
In a small village in Japan, there was a girl who drew cats. Her name was Ariko, and she lived with her mother. At home, Ariko drew pouncing tabby cats on the paper screens, aloof moon-faced cats on the slatted walls, and spotted bobtail cats on the tatami mats.
At school, she drew a parade of cats on the playground fence, and sometimes, instead of a page of sums or an essay, her teachers received drawings of sleek-furred cats. Fortunately, they were lenient, for Ariko was sweet mannered. But one week, after she turned in a picture of a tomcat on Monday, a Siamese on Tuesday, a tortoiseshell on Wednesday, and a black cat on Thursday, her history teacher sent a note home.
“Am I paying your tuition fees so you can draw cats?” Ariko’s mother scolded. “No more of these distractions.” And she took Ariko’s brushes and ink stone away.
But Ariko still drew cats. She sketched dust cats in the road, charcoal cats on the trees, and soy sauce cats with a chopstick brush. When Mama discovered a soy sauce cat on her freshly scrubbed paper screen, she sighed. “Ariko, what prospects will a girl have who draws cats?” she said.
Ariko lowered her eyes. “Maybe I can become an artist?”
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Adapted from The Girl Who Drew Cats, by Eugie Foster, ©️️ by Cricket Media, Inc. Reproduced with permission.
Which event causes Ariko’s mother to take away Ariko’s brushes and ink stone?
Ariko’s teacher sends a note home to Ariko’s mother.
Ariko’s mother discovers a sketch of a charcoal cat on a tree.
Ariko draws a sleek-furred cat at school.
Ariko’s mother hears Ariko say she can become an artist.
by Eugie Foster
In a small village in Japan, there was a girl who drew cats. Her name was Ariko, and she lived with her mother. At home, Ariko drew pouncing tabby cats on the paper screens, aloof moon-faced cats on the slatted walls, and spotted bobtail cats on the tatami mats.
At school, she drew a parade of cats on the playground fence, and sometimes, instead of a page of sums or an essay, her teachers received drawings of sleek-furred cats. Fortunately, they were lenient, for Ariko was sweet mannered. But one week, after she turned in a picture of a tomcat on Monday, a Siamese on Tuesday, a tortoiseshell on Wednesday, and a black cat on Thursday, her history teacher sent a note home.
“Am I paying your tuition fees so you can draw cats?” Ariko’s mother scolded. “No more of these distractions.” And she took Ariko’s brushes and ink stone away.
But Ariko still drew cats. She sketched dust cats in the road, charcoal cats on the trees, and soy sauce cats with a chopstick brush. When Mama discovered a soy sauce cat on her freshly scrubbed paper screen, she sighed. “Ariko, what prospects will a girl have who draws cats?” she said.
Ariko lowered her eyes. “Maybe I can become an artist?”
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Adapted from The Girl Who Drew Cats, by Eugie Foster, ©️️ by Cricket Media, Inc. Reproduced with permission.
Which event causes Ariko’s mother to take away Ariko’s brushes and ink stone?
Ariko’s teacher sends a note home to Ariko’s mother.
Ariko’s mother discovers a sketch of a charcoal cat on a tree.
Ariko draws a sleek-furred cat at school.
Ariko’s mother hears Ariko say she can become an artist.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The event that causes Ariko’s mother to take away Ariko’s brushes and ink stone is when Ariko’s teacher sends a note home to Ariko’s mother.