Question pretext
Now I am going to tell you an interesting story. After I have told you the story I will ask you some questions. Listen carefully, okay?
Once upon a time there was a fat cat. He always wore a red hat. Once when he was sleeping, a small mouse came silently and stole the hat. The cat woke up to see his hat gone, got very angry and started chasing the mouse. After a while, the mouse was trapped under a table and could not find any way to escape. So the mouse said to the cat, “Please don't eat me, cat. If you spare my life I will return your hat.” So, after getting back his hat the cat said, “Please don't touch my hat again” and he went back to sleep in a happy mood.
Now I am going to ask you some questions about the story.
Interviewer instructions
1 stands for "correct response" and signifies that the child demonstrated the skill being assessed.
0 stands for "incorect response". That is 0 means the child does not have or did not demonstrate the skill being assessed.
999 stands for "refused to respond". Refused answer is only to be used when a child literally refused to respond to a question.
