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The Luckiest Leprechaun

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  • What did the dog offer to do to apologize for digging into his home?
    To be his guard dog or to be his friend.
  • What was the main idea of this story?
    The main idea is about a leprechan that makes a friend.
  • How did Lucky show Mac that he was a good friend?
    By always being with him and protecting him.
  • How does Mac's character change through the story?
    At first he was alone and grouchy, at the end he was nice and happy.
  • What does "content" mean in this sentence? "As long as I had my gold, this leprechaun was content."
    happy
  • Why did Lucky follow Mac everywhere?
    Because she was protecting him, being his guard dog.
  • What did you learn about friendship in this story?
    --
  • What does tale mean in this sentence? "I’m going to tell you a tale."
    a story
  • What did MacKenzie miss more than his gold?
    his friend Lucky
  • What was the dog doing when it dug into MacKenzie’s home?
    Burying a soup bone.
  • What does pooch mean in this sentence? "Where did the pooch run off to?"
    a dog
  • What is more important than gold?
    a good/loyal friend
  • Who protected MacKenzie when the professor found his home?
    Lucky the dog
  • Where did Lucky follow MacKenzie?
    everywhere
  • What does “trifled” mean in this sentence? "We leprechauns are not to be trifled with!"
    played around with, messed with
  • What does “greedy” mean in this sentence? "I’ve been making shoes for the fairy folk and guarding my gold from greedy people."
    selfish - you only care about what you want.
  • What does "boil my potatoes" mean in this sentence? "People found a new way to boil my potatoes - they stopped believing in leprechauns."
    Make me mad
  • What does "duped" mean in this sentence? "Lucky had duped me into trusting her."
    tricked
  • What does it mean, “I felt as though I had lost my shadow?”
    The dog followed him like a shadow and he couldn’t find the dog.
  • What was Professor Chester trying to prove?
    That there was such a thing as leprechauns.
  • Who did MacKenzie make shoes for?
    fairies
  • How did Lucky feel when she learned she dug a hole into Mac's house?
    She felt bad
  • Who burst through the ceiling of MacKenzie’s home?
    Lucky the dog
  • When do Leprechauns sleep?
    during the day
  • How did Mac feel about lucky in the beginning of the story? At the end?
    Beginning - annoyed / Ending - grateful
  • Where was MacKenzie’s home?
    Under a tree in a quiet park.
  • Why didn’t the dog come back with the gold?
    Because he had fallen asleep.
  • What did MacKenzie Shamrock do for a living?
    He was a cobbler, he made shoes for the fairies.
  • What was missing when MacKenzie woke up from his nightmare?
    His gold and his friend Lucky the dog.
  • What did MacKenzie think the dog had done when he couldn’t find him?
    He thought he stole his gold.
  • Who was snooping around in the park looking for the leprechaun’s pot of gold?
    Professor Chester
  • What is a toadstool?
    a nickname for a mushroom