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Daniel 8 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Ram and the Goat

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolGabriel Helps Daniel

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenThe Ram and the Goat

RAM → picture 2ANGEL → picture 4RIVER → picture 1STARS → picture 3

Grade 1By the River

Daniel was by a river. → picture 2He saw a ram with two horns. → picture 4A goat came fast. → picture 5Gabriel came to help. → picture 1Daniel did the king's work. → picture 3

Grade 2A Ram and a Goat

  1. Where was Daniel? By a river (circle)
  2. How many horns did the ram have? Two (circle)
  3. What was strange about how the goat moved? It did not touch the ground.
  4. Who helped Daniel understand? Gabriel (circle)
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Grade 3Gabriel Explains

  1. Which ways did the ram push? Westward, northward, and southward
  2. Where was the goat's notable horn? Between his eyes
  3. What did Gabriel say the ram was? The kings of Media and Persia
  4. What did Daniel do after he was sick? He rose up and did the king's business.
1: Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a ram which had two horns stood before the river.2: Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.3: The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.4: I wondered at the vision, but no one understood it.

Grade 4A Vision by the Ulai

  1. When did Daniel see this vision? In the third year of King Belshazzar
  2. What did the little horn cast down? Truth
  3. What did Gabriel say the goat stood for? The king of Greece
  4. How would the fierce king be broken? Without hand

Word bank: 1. river; 2. ram; 3. goat; 4. horns; 5. Daniel

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5Broken Without Hand

  1. How did the goat move? Over the surface of the whole earth without touching the ground
  2. What did the little horn cast down? Truth
  3. What would happen to the sanctuary? It will be cleansed.
  4. What did Gabriel say about the rough male goat? It was the king of Greece.
  5. What did Daniel do after he was sick? He rose up and did the king's business.

Word bank: 1. river; 2. ram; 3. goat; 4. vision; 5. Daniel

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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