I'd had the piggy bank for a long time. So long, in fact, that I don't really remember getting it. My aunt once told me a whole story about it, in which it was passed down through the family for many, many years, only to come to me. I was pretty little at the time, so I believed her with no question. It made me think that the bank was important. It became some sort of sign of family and togetherness. I would imagine my mom and my grandmother and even my great grandmother before that, putting coins in the little white pig and waiting for them to fill it up, to be spent on some sort of treasure. And then, when I was fifteen, I broke it. 

I didn't mean to. I was cleaning my room in a hurry, so I could finish quickly and go to a friend's house. I swung the vacuum hose around too quickly, knocking the pig's shelf, and down it went. About a thousand pieces, and way fewer coins than I would have believed, flew everywhere. I started to cry. 

My mother came in at the sound of the crash. "I'm so, so sorry!" I cried. "I broke the bank! I broke the family bank!" "What, Sarah?" my mother asked, kneeling next to me on the floor. "The what?" "The bank! Aunt Tracy said it was in the family for years!" "What, this? We got it for you at a garage sale when you were two. It was fifty cents." QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. How long was the piggy bank in the author's possession?
2. How much time did the piggy bank spend in the author's possession?
3. How long had the narrator been in possession of the piggy bank?
Q2:
1. What color was the piggy bank?
2. What was the color of the piggy bank?
3. What shade did the piggy bank come in?
Q3:
1. Who told the narrator a story about the piggy bank?
2. Who did the narrator learn of the piggy bank from?
3. Who was the source of the story about the piggy bank?
Q4:
1. What was the name of the author's aunt?
2. Who was the author's aunt?
3. What was the narrator's aunt called?
Q5:
1. What was the author's name?
2. Who narrated this story?
3. What was the narrator called?
Q6:
1. Who were the narrator's parents?
2. What were the names of Sarah's parents?
3. What were the author's parents called?
Q7:
1. What broke the piggy bank?
2. How did Sarah break the piggy bank?
3. What dealt the blow that broke the piggy bank?
Q8:
1. Why did Sarah break the piggy bank?
2. What was Sarah's reason for breaking the piggy bank?
3. What made Sarah shatter the piggy bank?
Q9:
1. What did the piggy bank symbolize to Sarah?
2. What was the piggy bank a symbol for to Sarah?
3. What did Sarah see the piggy bank as symbolic of?
Q10:
1. Why did Sarah believe her aunt's story?
2. What made Aunt Tracy's story credible to Sarah?
3. Why did Sarah think that Tracy's story was truthful?
Q11:
1. How much was the piggy bank worth?
2. How much did the piggy bank cost?
3. What was the value of the piggy bank?
