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29 Cards in this Set
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Who is telling the story of the 3 rioters?
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the pardoner
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Where were these 3 men when the story begins?
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In a tavern
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What did they hear?
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A funeral
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What did they ask the tavern knave to do?
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To find out who died
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What info. does the boy return with?
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A young friend of theirs was taken by death suddenly
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What does the young boy warn the 3 drinkers?
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Be careful of death
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What does the publican (tavern keeper) say about death during that past year?
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A whole village of men,women, and children had been taken by death
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What do the 3 men vow?
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To find death and make him die
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What did they do when they left the tavern?
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They went to the village that the tavern keeper spoke of.
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They had not gone, but a mile when they came across a very old man who greeted them humbly as he was passing. Why did the 3 stop the old man?
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They were angry that the old man was still alive
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What does the old man tell them?
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He wanted to die, but death wouldn't take him
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When the 3 men hear the mention of death by the old man, what do they accuse him of?
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That he really is death's spy
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Where does the old man tell them to find death?
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Under a tree in the grove down the road
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What did they find under the tree?
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Gold florins
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Why weren't they interested in finding Death anymore?
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They were greedy
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What does the wickedest young man tell the others?
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That they should spend it, but first get it back to one of their houses in the dark
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Why shouldn't they take the gold back to one of their houses in the daylight?
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People might think they are robbers
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How can they guard it and get something to eat and drink at the same time?
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One of them must go to town and get some food and drink
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Who draws the shortest straw?
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The youngest
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What happens when he leaves the other two?
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The wickedest one tells the other that they shouldn't have to share it 3 ways
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What is the plan the other devices?
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One will start to wrestle with the youngest and when they are busy wrestling, the other will kill him with his dagger
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What does the youngest rioter think to himself when he is going to town?
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How he could keep the money for himself
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Where does he go?
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To an apothecary
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What does he tell the apothecary?
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He needs poison to kill rats and a polecat who takes his chickens
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What does the apothecary warn the young man?
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That if any creature ingest the poison, he will die before he has time to think, it is that powerful
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When the young man left the apothecary, he found a man who lent him 3 large bottles, what did he do with them?
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He puts poison in the 2 bottles along with drink and keeps the 3rd for himself
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What happened to the youngest when he returned to the others?
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The 2 killed the 3rd and sat down to celebrate
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What happened to the other 2 rioters?
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They died when they drank the bottles of poison
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What is the irony of the story?
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Death really was under that tree
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