Extended Reading Comprehension: Excerpt Adapted From The Prince and the Pauper

Read and analyze a classic example of historical fiction with this adapted excerpt from Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper! After reading a two-page passage, learners will answer two pages of comprehension questions that are designed to address literacy skills such as analyzing characters, identifying themes, and using context clues. This extended reading worksheet also features two short nonfiction excerpts designed to help students gain historical context for the story and examine how Twain used and altered history in the novel. In addition to building critical reading comprehension skills, students will be entertained by the story's unique dialect and the familiar mistaken identity trope set in 16th-century London.