Ruth 1 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Ruth Stays With Naomi

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.

PreschoolRuth Stays

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

KindergartenTogether

RUTH → picture 3ROAD → picture 1HOME → picture 4LOVE → picture 2

Grade 1Where You Go

There was no food in Bethlehem. → picture 4The family moved to Moab. → picture 3Naomi was sad and alone. → picture 1Ruth said, I will go with you. → picture 5They came at barley harvest. → picture 2

Order:

1. A famine in the land2. The sons marry Orpah and Ruth3. Ruth says, Where you go, I will go4. They come at barley harvest

Grade 2Where You Go, I Will Go

Where did the family move? To the land of Moab
What were the names of the sons' wives? Orpah and Ruth (circle)
What did Naomi hear? God had given food to His people again.
Who went back? Orpah (circle)
What did Ruth say about Naomi's God? Your God will be my God.

Grade 3Ruth's Choice

When did this story happen? In the days when the judges judged
What were the sons' names? Mahlon and Chilion
Why did Naomi start home? Yahweh had visited His people in giving them bread.
What did Naomi ask people to call her? Mara
When did they arrive in Bethlehem? At the beginning of barley harvest

1: A famine in the land2: The sons marry Orpah and Ruth3: Ruth says, Where you go, I will go4: They come at barley harvest

Grade 4Loyal Love

When is the book of Ruth set? In the days when the judges judged
What did Naomi pray for Orpah and Ruth? That Yahweh would deal kindly with them as they had with her
To what did Orpah return? Her people and her god
What did Naomi say about going out and coming home? She went out full but Yahweh brought her home empty.

Word bank: 1. Ruth; 2. Naomi; 3. Orpah; 4. people; 5. god

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

Grade 5Your God My God

How do the opening words connect Ruth to Judges? They say it happened in the days when the judges judged.
How many times did Naomi urge them to return? Three times
What did Naomi ask Yahweh to grant them? Rest, each in the house of a husband
In whose name did Ruth make her oath? Yahweh's
What two signs of hope close the chapter? Ruth beside Naomi and the beginning of barley harvest

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